Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Ceratostigma willmottianum Stapf |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. 140: t. 8591 (1914) |
Native Range | c. China to se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 700-3500m |
Description | leaves rhombic to obovate, 2-5cm, below inflorescence lanceolate, inflorescence terminal and axillary, 3-7-flowered, flowers 20-26mm, tube red-purple, lobes emarginate |
Size | 50-200cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | late summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in early and late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHT Tibet) |