| Family | GESNERIACEAE |
| Genus species | Oreocharis primuloides (Miq.) C.B.Clarke |
| Bibliography | Monogr. Phan. [A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle] 5: 63 (1883) |
| Native Range | c. & s. Japan |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 100-300m |
| Description | leaves thick, carnose, petiolate, ovate, 4-10cm, acute, dentate, densely long pubescent, flowers 5-10, horizontal, patent, in umbellate cluster, corolla tubular, 15-20mm long |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| 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 in late summer; leaf cuttings in summ |
| Synonyms | Boea primuloides Miq. Chirita primuloides (Miq.) Ohwi Chirita primuloides f. albiflora (Makino) H.Hara Didymocarpus primuloides (Miq.) Maxim. Opithandra primuloides (Miq.) B.L.Burtt Opithandra primuloides f. albiflora (Makino) T.Yamaz. Oreocharis primuloides var. albiflora Makino |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |