Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Petrocosmea minor Hemsl. |
Bibliography | Hooker‘s Icon. Pl. 26: t. 2600 (1899) |
Native Range | sc. China (se. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1000-2200m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, rhombic to ovate, 1-2cm, abaxially densely puberulent, cuneate, crenate or serrate, cymes 1-2-flowered, peduncles white puberulent |
Size | 3-8cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | 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 | Petrocosmea henryi Craib |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |