Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) D.Y.Hong trib. Veronicae |
Bibliography | Opera Bot. 75: 56 (1984) |
Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 3600-4800m |
Description | leaves shortly petiolate, spathulate to ovate, 3-6cm long, serrate, flowers in spike, scape brown glandular hirsute, flowers 8-10mm long, outside pubescent, with exserted style |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | dark purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |