Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Petrocosmea oblata Craib |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 11: 270 (1919) |
Native Range | sc. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks and woods |
Altitude | 2100-3000m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, suborbiculate, 1-3cm, sparsely puberulent, truncate-cordate, margins sinuate, flowers solitary, peduncles puberulent, corolla glabrous |
Size | 4-9cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | late 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 (CHC China South-Central) |