Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis argyreia W.Y.Chun ex K.Y.Pan |
Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Sin. 25: 283 (1987) |
Native Range | se. China |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 500-700m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves long petiolate, ovate, 4-16cm, densely appresed puberulent, cuneate, subentire, acute, cymes 2-12-flowered, peduncles pale brown puberulent, corolla 2cm |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | purple, pink |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHS China Southeast) |