Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis elegantissima (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Mich.Möller |
Bibliography | Gard. Bull. Singapore 66: 201 (2014) |
Native Range | sc. China (Guizhou) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 500-600m |
Description | leaves petiolate, elliptic to ovate, 2-6cm, adaxially densely brown appresed pubescent, cuneate, crenate-serrate, to rounded, cymes 1-4-flowered, corolla 2-4cm |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late summer |
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 | Briggsia elegantissima (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Craib Didissandra elegantissima H.Lév. & Vaniot Didymocarpus elegantissima (H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Lév. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |