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Androsace villosa L. sect. Chamaejasme 
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FamilyPRIMULACEAE
Genus speciesAndrosace villosa L. sect. Chamaejasme
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 142 (1753)
Native RangeEurope to Mongolia and. nw. Himalaya, Morocco
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatgrassland and rocks
Descriptionleaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, entire, densely softly lanate, flowers 2-6 in umbel, bracts linear-lanceolate, calyx campanulate, flowers 5-6mm across
Size5-10cm
Colorrose
Bloomspring, early summer
Ca+
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAndrosace altaica K.Koch
Androsace chamaejasme M.Bieb.
Androsace glabrata (Trautv.) Hand.-Mazz.
Androsace globifera Schur
Androsace odoratissima Schreb.
Androsace olympica var. glabrata Trautv.
Androsace penicillata Schott & al.
Androsace phrygia Gand.
Androsace villosa var. fallax Rech.f.
Androsace villosa f. genuina R.Knuth
Androsace villosa f. glabrata (Trautv.) R.Knuth
Androsace villosa var. subexscapa Emb. & Maire
Androsace villosa var. typica Trautv.
Androsace villosa var. uniflora Duby
Aretia helvetica Georgi
Aretia villosa (L.) Bubani
Primula altaica (K.Koch) Kuntze
Primula odoratissima (Schreb.) Kuntze
Primula villosa (L.) Lam.
Territory1 Europe
     11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, SWI Switzerland)
     12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain)
     13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia)
     14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine)
2 Africa
     20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco)
3 Asia-Temperate
     33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus)
     34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey)
     37 Mongolia
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya)
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