Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Boeica ferruginea Drake |
Bibliography | Bull. Annuel Soc. Philom. Paris, sér. 8, 2: 129 (1890) |
Native Range | sc. China to n. Indo-China |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 300-1200m |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate-elliptic, 8-20cm, adaxially appresed pubescent, abaxially glabrescent, coarsely serrate, acute, cymes many flowered, peduncles lanate, corolla 5-6mm |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white, rose |
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 summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (THA Thailand, VIE Vietnam) |