Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace primuloides Duby sect. Chamaejasme |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 8: 51 (1844) |
Native Range | c. & w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves in dense rosette, oblanceolate to elliptic, subsessile, lanate, on base attenuate, scapes 15-20-flowered, bracts unequal, calyx campanulate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Androsace sarmentosa var. chumbyi hort. Androsace sarmentosa ssp. primuloides (Hook.f.) Govaert Androsace sarmentosa var. primuloides Hook.f. Androsace studiosorum Kress |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |