Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Primulina bicolor (W.T.Wang) Mich.Möller & A.Weber |
Synonyms | Chirita bicolor W.T.Wang |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, narrowly oblong, 4-13cm, abaxially white sericeous, eglandular, on base attenuate, entire, cymes 2-flowered, corolla 3-4cm |
Size | 8-13cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, 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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