Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Primulina tabacum Hance |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 100-300m |
Description | leaves crowded, subcarnose, orbiculate, cordate, at base more or less lobate, 5-13cm wide, petiole broadly winged, flowers 12-20mm, with 5 unequal petals, in cyme |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
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
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