Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Cardamine loxostemonoides O.E.Schulz |
Bibliography | Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 1069 (1927) |
Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 2900-5500m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves pinnate, segments 9-15, narrowly oblong to broadly ovate, 5-15cm long, flowers 15mm across, dark striate, in short raceme |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cardamine loxostemonoides var. luxurians O.E.Schulz Cardamine luxurians (O.E.Schulz) Rashid & H.Ohba Cardamine tibetana Rashid & H.Ohba Loxostemon incanus R.C.Fang ex T.Y.Cheo & Y.C.Lan Loxostemon loxostemonoides (O.E.Schulz) Y.Z.Lan & T.Y.Cheo |
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) |