Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Dorcoceras hygrometrica Bunge |
Synonyms | Boea hygrometrica (Bunge) R.Br. |
Habitat | shady rocks and woods |
Altitude | 100-1500m |
Description | leaves 5-7cm long, oval, adaxially sericeous, abaxially lanate, flowers ca. 2cm long, with yellow throat, in lax raceme |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | bluish purple, white |
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 (China South-Central , Manchuria , China North-Central , China Southeast) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
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