Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Petrocosmea kerrii Craib |
Synonyms | Petrocosmea wardii W.W.Sm. |
Habitat | shady rocks and woods |
Altitude | 1400-3100m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, rhombic-elliptic, 2-14cm, densely hirsute, dentate, obtuse, cymes umbellate, peduncles densely hirsute, corolla inside glabrous |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
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 ) Asia-Tropical Indo-China (Myanmar , Thailand) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
kerrii crinita W.T.Wang, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 7(1): 66 (1985)
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