| Family | GESNERIACEAE |
| Genus species | Petrocodon coccineus (C.Y.Wu) Yin Z. Wang |
| Synonyms | Calcareoboea coccinea C.Y.Wu |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 1000-1500m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, ovate, 5-11cm, densely pubescent to sericeous, dentate, acute, flowers numerous in umbellate cymes, peduncles appresed pubescent, corolla 19-25mm |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | red |
| Bloom | spring, early 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 , China Southeast ) Asia-Tropical Indo-China (Vietnam) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | GESNERIACEAE
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