Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis farreri (Craib) Mich.Möller & A.Weber |
Bibliography | Phytotaxa 23: 21 (2011) |
Native Range | c. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 600-1000m |
Description | leaves in basal rosette, narrowly ovate, thick, crispate, crenate, light green, adaxially white hirsute, flowers tubular, pentamerous, pendent, in 5-7-flowered umbel |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | salmon pink |
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 | Isometrum farreri Craib, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 11: 250 (1919) |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central) |