Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Didymocarpus pseudomengtze W.T.Wang |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 2100-2700m |
Description | leaves opposite, petiolate, elliptic to obovate, appresed hirsute, eglandular, double dentate to serrate, acute or rounded, cymes 3-15-flowered, corolla 2-3cm, glabrous |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | purple, purple 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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