Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Primulina speluncae (Hand.-Mazz.) Mich.Möller & A.Weber |
Synonyms | Didymocarpus speluncae Hand.-Mazz. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 700-800m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, narrowly elliptic, 1-2cm, densely puberulent, eglandular, cuneate, entire, rounded, flowers solitary, peduncles densely lanate, corolla ca. 1cm |
Size | 2-5cm |
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, 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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