Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Primulina tabacum Hance |
Bibliography | J. Bot. 21: 169 (1883) |
Native Range | se. China (n. Guangdong) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 100-300m |
Description | leaves crowded, subcarnose, orbiculate, cordate, at base more or less lobate, 5-13cm wide, petiole broadly winged, flowers 12-20mm, with 5 unequal petals, in cyme |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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 in late summer; leaf cuttings in summ |
Synonyms | Primulina sinensis Hook.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHS China Southeast) |