Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Primulina dryas (Dunn) Mich.Möller & A.Weber |
Synonyms | Chirita dryas Dunn |
Chirita sinensis Lindl. | |
Habitat | shady rocks and woods |
Altitude | 100-500m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, ovate or elliptic, 4-20cm, pilose, eglandular, cordate, crenate, acuminate, cymes 1-2-flowered, peduncles adpressed lanate, corolla 2-5cm |
Size | 12-30cm |
Color | purple, white |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring and in late summer; leaf cuttings in summ |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China Southeast) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
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