Bergenia scopulosa T.P.Wang

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Bergenia

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 10-50 cm tall. Rhizomes thick, scaly. Leaves all basal; petiole 1.5-13 cm, sheathing base glabrous at margin; leaf blade orbicular or broadly ovate to broadly elliptic, (5-)16.5-25 × (4-)13.2-22 cm, leathery, glabrous, both surfaces minutely glandular pitted, base usually rounded, rarely broadly cuneate, margin sinuate or sinuate-dentate, sometimes subentire, apex obtuse. Inflorescence cymose, many flowered; pedicels 5-9 mm, glabrous. Hypanthium purple, glabrous. Sepals ovate to broadly so, 4-4.5 × 3.3-5 mm, leathery, both surfaces glabrous, veins many, apex obtuse. Petals elliptic or broadly ovate to orbicular, 8-9 × 6-7.8 mm,veins pinnate, base gradually narrowed into a claw ca. 1 mm, apex obtuse. Stamens 4.5-5 mm. Ovary ovoid, ca. 4.5 mm; styles 2, ca. 5 mm. Fl. May-Sep.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 10-50 cm tall. The rhizomes are thick and scaly. The leaves are at the base. The leaf stalk is 2-13 cm long and sheaths the base. The leaves are round and 17-25 cm long by 13-22 cm wide. There are teeth along the edge.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

In central China it grows in forests and rock crevices between 2,500-3,600 m above sea level.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or divisions. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings divisions
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Bergenia scopulosa world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:790381-1
WFO ID wfo-0000564253
COL ID LKR2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Bergenia scopulosa