Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis heterandra D.Fang & D.H.Qin |
Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Sin. 32: 563 (1994) |
Native Range | se. China (Guangxi) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1200-1300m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, broadly elliptic, 7-10cm, abaxially lanate, broadly cuneate, serrate, obtuse or acute, cymes 5-9-flowered, peduncles lanate, corolla ca. 25mm |
Size | 6-14cm |
Color | blue-purple |
Bloom | 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 (CHS China Southeast) |