Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace montana (A.Gray) Wendelbo |
Bibliography | Arbok Univ. Berg., Mat.-Naturvitensk. Ser. 19: 27 (1961) |
Native Range | s. Alberta to nw. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 1000-3500m |
Description | leaves thin, linear-subulate, 4-10mm, entire, minutely ciliate, acute, glabrous, peduncles densely hirsute, flowers 1-2, 6-10mm across, calyx glabrous, lobes erose or entire |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | bright pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Androsace uniflora Hausskn. Douglasia biflora A.Nelson Douglasia montana A.Gray Douglasia montana var. biflora (A.Nelson) R.Knuth Douglasia montana var. typica R.Knuth Douglasia montana var. uniflora (Hausskn.) R.Knuth Gregoria montana (A.Gray) House Primula montana (A.Gray) Kuntze |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) |