Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Primulina heterotricha (Merr.) Y.Dong & Yin Z.Wang |
Synonyms | Chirita heterotricha Merr. |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 400-600m |
Description | leaves petiolate, narrowly elliptic to ovate, 3-23cm, adaxially sparsely pilose, eglandular, cuneate, subentire, cymes 2-15-flowered, corolla 3-4cm |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | purple, white |
Bloom | 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 (Hainan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
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