Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Loxostigma kurzii (C.B.Clarke) B.L.Burtt |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 34: 104 (1975) |
Native Range | sc. China to Nepal and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1800-3500m |
Description | leaves ovate, to 12cm long, petiolate, glabrous, dark green, scape 15-20cm, flowers 2-3, brown or purple variegate |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | greenish white, orange |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C leaf cuttings in summ |
Synonyms | Briggsia amabilis (Diels) Craib Briggsia amabilis var. toliensis Craib Briggsia kurzii (C.B.Clarke) W.L.Evans Chirita kurzii (C.B.Clarke) C.B.Clarke Didissandra amabilis Diels Didymocarpus kurzii C.B.Clarke Roettlera kurzii (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |