| Family | GESNERIACEAE |
| Genus species | Didymocarpus pulcher C.B.Clarke |
| Bibliography | Monogr. Phan. [A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle] 5: 79 (1883) |
| Native Range | se. Tibet to c. & e. Himalaya and Vietnam |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 1200-2700m |
| Description | leaves in whorls, petiolate, ovate, appresed pubescent, sparsely yellow glandular, crenate to serrate, acute, cymes 7-9-flowered, corolla ca. 3cm, glabrous |
| Size | 15-25cm |
| Color | purple |
| 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 | Didymocarpus punduanus var. pulcher (C.B.Clarke) Su.Datta & B.K.Sinha Didymocarpus subalternans C.B.Clarke Roettlera pulchra (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (VIE Vietnam) |