Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis benthamii C.B.Clarke |
Synonyms | Didymocarpus oreocharis Hance |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 200-1400m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, elliptic to orbiculate, 3-17cm, adaxially densely puberulent, cordate or cuneate, subentire, cymes 8-15-flowered, corolla 1-2cm |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | purple, blue |
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 Southeast) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
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