Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace coccinea Franch. sect. Chamaejasme |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33: 63 (1886) |
Native Range | sc. China (nw. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-3200m |
Description | biennial, rosette 5-10cm, leaves sessile, spathulate, glabrous, cristate-ciliate, mucronate, umbel many flowered, flowers with dark eye, lobes cuneate-obovate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | purplish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | biennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C |
Synonyms | Androsace aizoon var. coccinea Franch. Androsace bulleyana Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |