Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Didymocarpus yunnanensis (Franch.) W.W.Sm. |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 14: 337 (1924) |
Native Range | sc. China to Assam |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1500-3400m |
Description | leaves narrowly ovate to oblong, 1-14cm, appressed strigose, crenate to entire, flowers 1-15, with dark stripes, 25-35mm long |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | 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 |
Synonyms | Didissandra yunnanensis (Franch.) H.W.Li Roettlera yunnanensis Franch. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam) |