Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Didymocarpus stenanthos C.B.Clarke |
Synonyms | Oreocharis micrantha H.Lév. |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 700-2800m |
Description | stems puberulent, leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate, 2-12cm, adaxially puberulent, cuneate or cordate, serrate, acute, cymes many flowered, peduncles subglabrous, corolla 2cm |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | autumn |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil 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
stenanthos pilosellus W.T.Wang, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 2(2): 132 (1982)
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