| Family | GESNERIACEAE |
| Genus species | Oreocharis shweliensis Mich.Möller & W.H.Chen |
| Synonyms | Briggsia forrestii Craib |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 1600-3000m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, ovate to broadly elliptic, 5-15cm long, sparsely brown villose, flowers 1-4, 40-55mm long, bilabiate, inside dark striate |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | purplish red |
| Bloom | 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) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | GESNERIACEAE
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