Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Petrocosmea forrestii Craib |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 11: 273 (1919) |
Native Range | sc. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1600-2000m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, broadly elliptic, 1-3cm, abaxially densely pilose, broadly cuneate, entire, obtuse, flowers solitary, peduncles puberulent, corolla ca. 1cm |
Size | 4-7cm |
Color | blue-purple |
Bloom | 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |