Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Petrocosmea sericeae C.Y.Wu ex H.W.Li |
Bibliography | Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 3(2): 21 (1983) |
Native Range | sc. China (se. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1000-1700m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, elliptic to ovate, 2-7cm, brown-yellow puberulent, cuneate, subentire, broadly acute, cymes 1-3-flowered, peduncles brown-yellow puberulent |
Size | 5-8cm |
Color | purple-blue |
Bloom | autumn |
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) |