Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Boeica multinervia K.Y.Pan |
Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Sin. 26: 439 (1988) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 400-500m |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate to obovate, 5-11cm, adaxially pubescent, cuneate, serrate, acute, cymes 10-20-flowered, peduncles pubescent, calyx lobes linear, corolla ca. 6mm |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C leaf cuttings in summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |