Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace forrestiana Hand.-Mazz. |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15: 293 (1927) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 3000-3600m |
Description | leaves dimorphic, inner leaves obovate-spathulate, 1-3cm, glandular hirsute, flowers 6-8mm, lobes elliptic to obovate, retuse |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |