Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Dorcoceras hygrometrica Bunge |
Bibliography | Enum. Pl. China Bor.: 54 (1833) |
Native Range | China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks and woods |
Altitude | 100-1500m |
Description | leaves 5-7cm long, oval, adaxially sericeous, abaxially lanate, flowers ca. 2cm long, with yellow throat, in lax raceme |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | bluish purple, white |
Bloom | 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 | Boea hygrometrica (Bunge) R.Br. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHS China Southeast) |