Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Petrocosmea barbata Craib |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 11: 273 (1919) |
Native Range | sc. China (Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 2000-2100m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, ovate to orbiculate, 1-3cm, abaxially densely puberulent, cordate, crenulate, obtuse, cymes 1-4-flowered, lax, peduncles sparsely strigose |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | autumn |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |