Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace praetutiana (Buser ex Sünd.) P.M.Sl. |
Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
Native Range | Italy (c. Apennines) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 2200-2800m |
Description | stems leafy, trailing, leaves alternate, oblong to oblanceolate, 3-4mm, rounded, abaxially densely hirsute, flowers solitary, calyx hirsute, corolla 8-12mm long |
Size | 1-4cm |
Color | rich yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Androsace vitaliana ssp. praetutiana (Buser ex Sünd.) Kress Gregoria vitaliana var. praetutiana Buser ex Sünd., Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 22: 59 (1916) Gregoria vitaliana f. praetutiana (Buser ex Sünd.) Lüdi Gregoria vitaliana ssp. praetutiana (Buser ex Sünd.) Bornm. Vitaliana obtusifolia O.Schwarz Vitaliana primuliflora var. praetutiana (Buser ex Sünd.) Chiarugi Vitaliana primuliflora ssp. praetutiana (Buser. ex Sünd.) I.L.Ferguson |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |