| Family | GESNERIACEAE |
| Genus species | Corallodiscus lanuginosus (Wall. ex R.Br.) B.L.Burtt |
| Bibliography | Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 122: 212 (1947) |
| Native Range | c. & s. China to Himalaya and n. Indo-China |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 700-4300m |
| Description | rosette of entire, ovate, dark green leaves, abaxially densely brown hirsute, floral stem lanate, flowers up to 12 in branched cyme, tubular, semipendent |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | blue, purple, white |
| Bloom | late summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 late summer; leaf cuttings in summer |
| Synonyms | Corallodiscus bullatus (Craib) B.L.Burtt Corallodiscus cordatulus (Craib) B.L.Burtt Corallodiscus flabellatus (Craib) B.L.Burtt Corallodiscus flabellatus var. leiocalyx W.T.Wang Corallodiscus flabellatus var. luteus (Craib) K.Y.Pan Corallodiscus flabellatus var. puberulus K.Y.Pan Corallodiscus flabellatus var. sericeus (Craib) K,Y.Pan Corallodiscus labordei (Craib) B.L.Burtt Corallodiscus lanuginosus var. minutus (Haines) H.B.Naithani Corallodiscus lineatus (Craib) B.L.Burtt Corallodiscus luteus (Craib) B.L.Burtt Corallodiscus mengtzeanus (Craib) B.L.Burtt Corallodiscus patens (Craib) B.L.Burtt Corallodiscus plicatus (Franch.) B.L.Burtt Corallodiscus plicatus var. lineatus (Craib) K.Y.Pan Corallodiscus sericeus (Craib) B.L.Burtt Corallodiscus taliensis (Craib) B.L.Burtt Didissandra bullata Craib Didissandra cordatula Craib Didissandra flabellata Craib Didissandra labordei Craib Didissandra lanuginosa (Wall. ex R.Br.) C.B.Clarke Didissandra lanuginosa var. minuta Haines Didissandra lineata Craib Didissandra lutea Craib Didissandra mengtzeana Craib Didissandra patens Craib Didissandra plicata Franch. Didissandra sericea Craib Didissandra sericea var. alba J.Anthony Didissandra taliensis Craib Didissandra taliensis f. robusta Craib Didymocarpus lanuginosus Wall. ex R.Br. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHS China Southeast, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar, THA Thailand) |