Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Boeica fulva C.B.Clarke |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 1300-1400m |
Description | stems lanate, glabrescent, leaves petiolate, oblanceolate, 10-17cm, adaxially lanate, glabrescent, cuneate, irregularly shallowly denticulate, cymes many flowered, corolla ca. 4mm |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring and in late summer; leaf cuttings in summ |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Assam , East Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | GESNERIACEAE
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