Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace delavayi Franch. |
Synonyms | Primula delavayi (Franch.) K.K.Khanna & An.Kumar |
Primula przewalskii Derganc | |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 3000-5300m |
Description | leaves sessile, grey-green, obovate, 2-4mm, glabrous, obtuse, flowers 1-4, sepals ovate-oblong, ciliate, hirsute, corolla lobes broadly obovate, undistinctly emarginate |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, cushion |
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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya , Nepal ) Indo-China (Myanmar) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PRIMULACEAE
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