Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Petrocodon coccineus (C.Y.Wu) Yin Z. Wang |
Bibliography | J. Syst. Evol. 49: 60 (2011) |
Native Range | s. China to n. Vietnam |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1000-1500m |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate, 5-11cm, densely pubescent to sericeous, dentate, acute, flowers numerous in umbellate cymes, peduncles appresed pubescent, corolla 19-25mm |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring and late summer; leaf cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Calcareoboea coccinea C.Y.Wu |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHS China Southeast) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (VIE Vietnam) |