Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace strigillosa Franch. sect. Chamaejasme |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 32: 10 (1885) |
Native Range | c. & se. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2400-4700m |
Description | leaves trimorphic, outer leaves ovate, 6-9mm, middle leaves ligulate, 6-15mm, inner leaves elliptic, petiolate, 5-16mm, umbels many flowered, flowers 8-9mm, lobes broadly obovate |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | dark red, pink |
Bloom | spring, early 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 |
Synonyms | Androsace foliosa Klatt Androsace sarmentosa var. grandiflora Hook.f. Androsace strigillosa var. mutica Franch. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |