Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace baltistanica Y.J.Nasir |
Bibliography | Fl. Pakistan 157: 62 (1984) |
Native Range | w. Tibet to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-4000m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves oblanceolate, glabrous or sparsely white hirsute, scapes 1-3-flowered, pubescent, bracts lanate, calyx subspherical, lanate, flowers 6-9mm across |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |