Bell-shaped, nodding, greenish- or yellowish-white flowers having pale cream staminodes and yellow anthers.
Sibirica has a very wide geographical distribution and thus there is considerable variation in form. The photograph from Timo Löfgren is of a form collected in Lapäävrtti, Finland, which is commercially available elsewhere in the country.
Group: | Atragene group |
Approximate height: | 1.0 - 4.0 metres |
Flowering period(s): | Apr May Jun Jul |
Country of origin: | Norway to NW Mongolia |
Parentage: | Species |
Other name(s): | Atragene sibirica; alpina subsp sibirica; alpina var sibirica; alpina var alba; aplina 'Sibirica'; alpina 'Siberica'; alpina sibirica alba |
Further detail: | Tepals: 4; 3-5cm long, 1-2 cm wide, lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate Leaves: 2-ternate |