Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Hemiboea ovalifolia (W.T.Wang) A.Weber & Mich.Möller |
Synonyms | Metabriggsia ovalifolia W.T.Wang |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 1000-1100m |
Description | stems brown lanate, leaves ovate, 5-25cm, puberulent, subcordate, crenulate, acuminate, cymes 3-12-flowered, peduncles brown glandular-puberulent, corolla 3-4cm |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | autumn |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous 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 , China Southeast ) Asia-Tropical Indo-China (Vietnam) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
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