Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace vilosissima (R.Knuth) Y.J.Nasir sect. Chamaejasme |
Bibliography | Fl. Pakistan 157: 95 (1884) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3300-3900m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves in rosette, lanceolate to oblanceolate, densely lanate, scapes 3-7-flowered, calyx hemispherical, corolla ca. 7mm across |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Androsace jacquemontii var. villosissima (R.Knuth) Govaerts Androsace villosa var. villosissima R.Knuth |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |