Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace lanuginosa Wall. sect. Chamaejasme |
Bibliography | Fl. Ind. [W.Roxburgh] 2: 15 (1824) |
Native Range | w. Nepal to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 1500-2500m |
Description | densely silvery lanate, leaves 12-17mm, lanceolate-ovate, acute, sessile, scapes axillary, bracts 5mm long, flowers in compact umbel, corolla lobes orbiculate-obovate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink with a yellow eye |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Androsace lanuginosa var. glabrior Wall. Androsace lanuginosa var. typica R.Knuth Primula lanuginosa (Wall.) Kuntze |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |