Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace henryi Oliv. sect. Geraniifolia |
Bibliography | Hooker‘s Icon. Pl. 20: t. 1973 (1891) |
Native Range | c. China to Nepal and nw. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 1500-3200m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, orbiculate to reniform, 1-7cm wide, strigose, crenate-lobate, umbel 12-40-flowered, flowers 5-8mm, petals cuneate-oblong to obcordate, emarginate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Androsace henryi var. crassifolia R.Knuth Androsace henryi var. typica R.Knuth Primula potaninii Derganc |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |