Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace aizoon Duby sect. Chamaejasme |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 8: 50 (1844) |
Native Range | w. Tibet to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2300-3700m |
Description | biennial, rosette 2-8cm wide, leaves sessile, spathulate, ciliolate, mucronate, flowers 10-25 in umbel, calyx campanulate, corolla 6-8mm, lobes obovate, bilobate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pinkish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | biennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C |
Synonyms | Androsace aizoon var. himalaica R.Knuth Primula aizoon (Duby) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |