Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis benthamii C.B.Clarke |
Bibliography | Monogr. Phan. [A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle] 5: 63 (1883) |
Native Range | se. China |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 200-1400m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, elliptic to orbiculate, 3-17cm, adaxially densely puberulent, cordate or cuneate, subentire, cymes 8-15-flowered, corolla 1-2cm |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | purple, blue |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring and late summer; leaf cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Didymocarpus oreocharis Hance |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHS China Southeast) |