Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Conandron ramondioides Siebold & Zucc. |
Bibliography | Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 3(3): 730 (1843) |
Native Range | e. China, c. & s. Japan, Taiwan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 600-1300m |
Description | leaves solitary, elliptic-ovate, 10-30cm long, abruptly shortly acuminate, shiny, irregularly crenate, winged petiolate, flowers ca. 15mm, corolla lobes deltate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | lilac |
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 | Conandron minor T.Ito Conandron ramondioides f. leucanthum Nakai Conandron ramonidoides var. pilosum Makino Conandron ramondioides f. pilosum (Makino) Ohwi Conandron ramondioides var. taiwanensis Masam. Conandron ramondioides f. variegatum Nakai |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHS China Southeast) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, NNS Nansei-shoto, TAI Taiwan) |