Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Primulina sclerophylla (W.T.Wang) Yan Liu |
Synonyms | Chirita sclerophylla W.T.Wang |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 100-200m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, elliptic to ovate, 7-10cm, coriaceous, densely strigose, eglandular, subentire, acute, cymes 5-10-flowered, peduncles lanate, corolla 4cm |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | rose, purple |
Bloom | spring |
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 Southeast) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
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