Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace beringensis (S.Kelso & al.) Cubey |
Bibliography | Hanburyana 1: 16 (2006) |
Native Range | w. Alaska |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 300-500m |
Description | thin taproot, leaves crowded, imbricate, linear, densely covered with minute stellate and ramose hairs, flowers 5-7mm across, capsule ovoid |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Douglasia beringensis S.Kelso & al. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) |