Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace rioxana A.Segura sect. Aretia |
Bibliography | Pirineos 109: 947 (1973) |
Native Range | nw. Spain |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1800-2200m |
Description | leaves 10-25mm, oblanceolate, subentire, ciliate, adaxially glabrous or at apex shortly hirsute, flowers in umbel, calyx glabrous, pale, corolla lobes 3mm long |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | bright pink |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (SPA Spain) |