Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis argyreia W.Y.Chun ex K.Y.Pan |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 500-700m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves long petiolate, ovate, 4-16cm, densely appresed puberulent, cuneate, subentire, acute, cymes 2-12-flowered, peduncles pale brown puberulent, corolla 2cm |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | purple, pink |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
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 (China Southeast) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
argyreia angustifolia K.Y.Pan, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 25(4): 285 (1987)
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