Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace lehmannii Wall. ex Duby |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle) 8: 48 (1844) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4000-5500m |
Description | leaves dimorphic, sessile, outer leaves ovate-oblong, 3mm, obtuse, inner leaves linear, 6-10mm long, glabrous, ciliate, acute, flowers 1-2, 4-5mm across, lobes obovate, rounded |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Androsace lehmannii var. longipedicellata R.Knuth Androsace lehmannii var. typica R.Knuth Androsace nepalensis Derganc Primula lehmannii (Wall. ex Duby) Kuntze Primula lehmannii var. longipedicellata (R.Knuth) Bennet & Raizada Primula nepalensis Derganc |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |