Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis cavaleriei H.Lév. |
Bibliography | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 258 (1909) |
Native Range | sc. China (Guizhou) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, ovate to suborbiculate, 2-3cm, pale brown puberulent, subentire, rounded, cymes 1-2-flowered, peduncles rusty lanate, corolla ca. 3cm |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow-red |
Bloom | autumn |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |