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Androsace incana Lam. sect. Chamaejasme 
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FamilyPRIMULACEAE
Genus speciesAndrosace incana Lam. sect. Chamaejasme
BibliographyTabl. Encycl. 1: 432 (1792)
Native RangeSiberia to n. China
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatgrassland
Altitude2000-3500m
Descriptionrosettes 6-10mm, leaves sessile, lanceolate to ligulate, 3-9mm, abaxially densely white hirsute, umbels 1-4-flowered, flowers 5-8mm across, petals broadly obovate, apex rounded
Size1-5cm
Colorwhitish
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C
division in early spring; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAndrosace hopeiensis Nakai
Androsace laxmanniana R.Knuth
Androsace villosa var. incana (Lam.) Duby
Androsace villosa var. turczaninovii Freyn
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (KHA Khabarovsk)
     36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang)
     37 Mongolia
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