Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Petrocosmea mairei H.Lév. |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1900-2600m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, suborbiculate, 1-3cm, abaxially densely puberulent, cuneate, at apex crenate, acute, round, flowers solitary, peduncles pilose |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | spring, 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) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
mairei interglabra W.T.Wang, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 7(1): 57 (1985)
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