Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace montana (A.Gray) Wendelbo |
Synonyms | Douglasia montana A.Gray |
Androsace uniflora Hausskn. | |
Douglasia biflora A.Nelson | |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 1000-3500m |
Description | leaves thin, linear-subulate, 4-10mm, entire, minutely ciliate, acute, glabrous, peduncles densely hirsute, flowers 1-2, 6-10mm across, calyx glabrous, lobes erose or entire |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | bright pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub, carpet |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Western Canada (Alberta ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Montana , Wyoming) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PRIMULACEAE
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