| Family | GESNERIACEAE |
| Genus species | Henckelia lachenensis (C.B.Clarke) D.J.Middleton |
| Bibliography | Taxon 60: 776 (2011) |
| Native Range | sc. China to e. Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 2300-3100m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong, 5-14cm, adaxially puberulent, eglandular, cuneate to cordate, dentate, acute, 1-4-flowered, bract 1, oblong, corolla 3-5cm |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | white, blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring and late summer; leaf cuttings in summer |
| Synonyms | Chirita clarkei Hook.f. Chirita lachenensis C.B.Clarke Chirita stolonifera C.E.C.Fisch. & Kaul Chirita umbricola W.W.Sm. Roettlera lachenensis (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |