Family | ONAGRACEAE |
Genus species | Epilobium chitralense P.H.Raven |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 1: 379 (1962) |
Native Range | n. Pakistan to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-4000m |
Description | stems basally ramose, glabrous, leaves narrowly ovate, crowded on stem, carnose, glabrous, serrulate, acute, inflorescence erect, petals 3-6mm long, obcordate |
Size | 2-20cm |
Color | pinkish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |