Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis speciosa (Hemsl.) Mich.Möller & W.H.Chen |
Synonyms | Didissandra speciosa Hemsl. |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 300-1600m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, narrowly elliptic to ovate, 5cm, white appresed pubescent, narrowly cuneate, serrate, acute, cymes 1-5-flowered, peduncles brown pubescent |
Size | 4-10cm |
Color | 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 , 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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