| Family | GESNERIACEAE |
| Genus species | Henckelia speciosa (Kurz) D.J.Middleton & Mich.Möller |
| Bibliography | Taxon 60: 777 (2011) |
| Native Range | sc. China to Assam and Indo-China |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 700-3100m |
| Description | subcaulescent, leaves petiolate, ovate to suborbiculate, 5-19cm, white puberulent, eglandular, cordate, dentate, cymes 1-6-flowered, peduncles rusty puberulent, corolla 6cm |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | blue-purple |
| Bloom | spring, 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 | Chirita brevipes C.B.Clarke Chirita speciosa Kurz Chirita trailliana Forrest & W.W.Sm. Didymocarpus brevipes (C.B.Clarke) Hand.-Mazz. Didymocarpus speciosus (Kurz) Hand.-Mazz. Didymocarpus traillianus (Forrest & W.W.Sm.) Hand.-Mazz. Roettlera brevipes (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze Roettlera speciosa (Kurz) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar, THA Thailand, VIE Vietnam) |