Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace russellii Y.J.Nasir |
Bibliography | Fl. Pakistan 157: 67 (1984) |
Native Range | w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4000-4200m |
Description | leaves pale green, lanceolate, obtuse, white hirsute, flowers subsessile, solitary, calyx campanulate, lanate, lobes obtuse, corolla 6-7mm across |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |