Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace muscoidea Duby sect. Chamaejasme |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 8: 48 (1844) |
Native Range | sw. Tibet to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2200-5600m |
Description | leaves linear, obtuse, silvery grey, abaxially glabrous, on margins long white hirsute, adaxially grey hirsute, flowers shortly pedicellate, corolla substelliform |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white with a yellow eye |
Bloom | spring, early 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 muscoidea f. longiscapa (R.Knuth) Hand.-Mazz. Primula dubyana Kuntze Primula duthiei Derganc |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |