Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis auricula (S.Moore) C.B.Clarke |
Synonyms | Didymocarpus auriculus S.Moore |
Oreocharis leveilleana Fedde | |
Oreocharis sericea H.Lév. | |
Habitat | shady rocks and woods |
Altitude | 200-1800m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, elliptic to ovate, 2-12cm, adaxially lanate, glabrescent, cuneate or cordate, subentire to serrate, cymes 4-11-flowered, corolla 2-3cm |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring, summer |
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 South-Central , China Southeast) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
auricula denticulata K.Y.Pan, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 25(4): 276 (1987)
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