Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Didymocarpus primulifolius D.Don |
Synonyms | Didymocarpus aromaticus R.Br. |
Didymocarpus macrocalyx Kraenzl. | |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1900-3200m |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate, thin, adaxially densely appressed strigose, sparsely yellow glandular, irregularly dentate, acute, flowers 6-15 in cyme, calyx 6mm, corolla 2cm long |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | dark purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring and in late summer; leaf cuttings in summ |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya , Nepal , West Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
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