Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis henryana Oliv. |
Bibliography | Hooker‘s Icon. Pl. 20: t. 1944 (1890) |
Native Range | c. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 600-3000m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, oblong, 2-8cm, abaxially densely pale brown lanate, cuneate, dentate, acute, cymes 4-10-flowered, peduncles red puberulent, corolla 1cm |
Size | 7-18cm |
Color | purple |
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 |
Synonyms | Oreocharis squamigera H.Lév. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central) |