Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Didymocarpus heucherifolius Hand.-Mazz. |
Bibliography | Symb. Sin. 7: 881 (1936) |
Native Range | s. China |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 500-1000m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, orbiculate to triangular, lobate, adaxially pilose, eglandular, cordate, irregularly denticulate to serrate, rounded, cymes many flowered |
Size | 10-18cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | spring |
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 | Chirita heucherifolia (Hand.-Mazz.) D.Wood |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHS China Southeast) |