Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Beccarinda tonkinensis (Pellegr.) B.L.Burtt |
Bibliography | Notes Roy Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 64 (1955) |
Native Range | s. China to e. Himalaya and n. Indo-China |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 700-2400m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves basal, petiolate, ovate to orbiculate, 3-12cm, adaxially whitish hirsute, cordate, coarsely crenate, obtuse, peduncles brown hirsute, corolla 10-16mm |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | blue-purple |
Bloom | spring, 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 | Slackia tonkinensis Pellegr. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHS China Southeast) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (LAO Laos, VIE Vietnam) |