Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace ciliifolia Ludlow |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 2: 76 (1956) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4000-5300m |
Description | leaves densely imbricate, sessile, oblong, 2-5mm long, glabrous, ciliate, flowers solitary in centre of leaf rosette, corolla 5mm across, petals obovate, apex rounded |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal) |