Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Primulina speluncae (Hand.-Mazz.) Mich.Möller & A.Weber |
Bibliography | Taxon 60: 784 (2011) |
Native Range | sc. China (ne. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 700-800m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, narrowly elliptic, 1-2cm, densely puberulent, eglandular, cuneate, entire, rounded, flowers solitary, peduncles densely lanate, corolla ca. 1cm |
Size | 2-5cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring |
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 speluncae (Hand.-Mazz) D.Wood Didymocarpus minutus Hand.-Mazz. Didymocarpus speluncae Hand.-Mazz. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |