Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis giraldii (Diels) Mich.Möller & A.Weber |
Synonyms | Didissandra giraldii Diels |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1000-1200m |
Description | leaves petiolate, oblong-ovate, grey appresed pubescent and rusty lanate, coarsely dentate-serrate to lobate, acute to rounded, peduncles glandular-pubescent, corolla 16-20mm long |
Size | 6-15cm |
Color | purple red, rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
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 North-Central) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
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