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Androsace aizoon Duby sect. Chamaejasme 
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FamilyPRIMULACEAE
Genus speciesAndrosace aizoon Duby sect. Chamaejasme
BibliographyProdr. [A.P.de Candolle] 8: 50 (1844)
Native Rangew. Tibet to Himalaya
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude2300-3700m
Descriptionbiennial, rosette 2-8cm wide, leaves sessile, spathulate, ciliolate, mucronate, flowers 10-25 in umbel, calyx campanulate, corolla 6-8mm, lobes obovate, bilobate
Size10-30cm
Colorpinkish red
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typebiennial
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C
SynonymsAndrosace aizoon var. himalaica R.Knuth
Primula aizoon (Duby) Kuntze
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     36 China (CHT Tibet)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya)
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