Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace aizoon Duby sect. Chamaejasme |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2300-3700m |
Description | biennial, rosette 2-8cm wide, leaves sessile, spathulate, ciliolate, mucronate, flowers 10-25 in umbel, calyx campanulate, corolla 6-8mm, lobes obovate, bilobate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pinkish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Nepal , West Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PRIMULACEAE
aizoon brirensis Y.J.Nasir, Fl. Pakistan 157: 50 (1984)
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