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Ornamental- These plants are best used planted in landscape designs, rock gardens, as bedding plants and in containers.
Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
Temperate biome, altitude 1800- 300om.
Biennial herb usually with a white powdery coating.
Numerous, borne on stalks 2-15 cm long, hairy and succulent. Leaf blades are ovate to elliptic or oblong-elliptic, ranging from 3-10 cm in length and 2-8 cm in width. The undersides can be white powdery, while the upper surface is sparsely hairy or nearly hairless. Leaf margins are toothed and lobed, with 6-8 pairs of denticulate lobules.
Borne in clusters (umbels) of 1-6 flowers, with superimposed whorls. Individual flowers can be rose or lavender colored.
Spherical capsules about 3 mm in diameter.
Flowering: December – January
Fruiting: February – May