Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Primulina atropurpurea (W.T.Wang) Mich.Möller & A.Weber |
Bibliography | Taxon 60: 781 (2011) |
Native Range | se. China (Guangxi) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, narrowly ovate, 2-3cm, coriaceous, sparsely appresed pubescent, eglandular, broadly cuneate, entire, obtuse, cymes 2-flowered, corolla ca. 4cm |
Size | 8-12cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | early spring |
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 | Chirita atropurpurea W.T.Wang |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHS China Southeast) |