Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace constancei Wendelbo |
Bibliography | Aarbok Univ. Bergen, Mat.-Naturvidensk. Ser. 19: 27 (1961) |
Native Range | Alaska to nc. British Columbia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 300-1800m |
Description | leaves 7-30mm, flat, spathulate-lanceolate, entire, adaxially glabrous, abaxially shortly hirsute, flowers in compact umbel |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Douglasia arctica var. gormanii (Constance) B.Boivin Douglasia gormanii Constance |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |