Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis aurea Dunn |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 19 (1908) |
Native Range | sc. China to n. Vietnam |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1400-2400m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves long petiolate, lanceolate to ovate, 5-16cm, adaxially densely puberulent, cuneate, serrate, cymes 3-10-flowered, peduncles rusty lanate, corolla 1-2cm |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | yellow |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (VIE Vietnam) |