Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace hausmannii Leyb. sect. Aretia |
Bibliography | Flora 35: 401 (1852) |
Native Range | e. Alps |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1900-3100m |
Description | leaves imbricate, narrowly lanceolate, carnose, weakly curvate, flowers in bud white |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white with a yellow eye |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Androsace alpina var. hausmannii (Leyb.) Bolzon Androsace heerii Hegetschw. ex Hausm. Aretia hausmannii (Leyb.) Nyman Aretia heerii Hegetschw. Primula hausmannii (Leyb.) Kuntze |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, GER Germany) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |