Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace sarmentosa Wall. sect. Chamaejasme |
Bibliography | Fl. Ind. [W.Roxburgh] 2: 14 (1824) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 2800-4000m |
Description | stoliniferous, rosette 3cm, leaves dimorfic, inner leaves shortly petiolate, oblanceolate, 2-5cm, white sericeous, obtuse, umbel many flowered, flowers 5-8mm, lobes obovate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | pink, purple |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | ind |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Androsace chumbyi Pax & R.Knuth Androsace dubyi (Derganc) N.P.Balakr. Primula dubyi (Derganc) Bennet & Raizada Primula sarmentosa (Wall.) Kuntze Primula sarmentosa var. dubyi Derganc |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |