Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Petrocosmea sinensis Oliv. |
Bibliography | Hooker‘s Icon. Pl. 18: t. 1716 (1887) |
Native Range | sc. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 400-1700m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, broadly rhombic to suborbiculate, 1-3cm, densely pilose, cuneate, entire, solitary, peduncles puberulent, corolla inside glabrous |
Size | 3-8cm |
Color | purple, blue |
Bloom | late summer, 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) |