Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace graminifolia C.E.C.Fisch. |
Bibliography | Hooker‘s Icon. Pl. 34: t. 3357 (1938) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to c. Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3800-4700m |
Description | leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 10-25mm long, glabrous, apex spinescent, umbel spherical, 5-15-flowered, flowers 4-5mm across, petals broadly obovate, apex rounded |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | purplish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal) |