Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace apus Franch. ex R.Knuth |
Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed.] IV, 237: 208 (1905) |
Native Range | Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaf rosette spherical, leaves ovate, coriaceous, acute, white hirsute, flowers solitary, small, corolla lobes ovate |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | red |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |