| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Androsace villosa L. sect. Chamaejasme |
| Synonyms | Androsace altaica K.Koch |
| Androsace globifera Schur | |
| Androsace odoratissima Schreb. | |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
| Description | leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, entire, densely softly lanate, flowers 2-6 in umbel, bracts linear-lanceolate, calyx campanulate, flowers 5-6mm across |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | pale yellow, rose |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | rosette, carpet |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Bulgaria , Greece , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Krym , South European Russia , Ukraine ) Africa Northern Africa (Morocco ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Afghanistan , Iran , Lebanon-Syria , Turkey ) Mongolia Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan , West Himalaya) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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| Comments | PRIMULACEAE
villosa koso-poljanskii (Ovcz.) Fed., Fl. Evropeiskoi Chasti SSSR 5: 75 (1981)
villosa taurica (Ovcz.) Fed., ibid.
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