Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Hemiboea subacaulis Hand.-Mazz. |
Bibliography | Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 62: 66 (1925) |
Native Range | s. China |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 100-900m |
Description | stems brown spotted, leaves petiolate, elliptic, 5-12cm, puberulent, decurrent, entire, acute, cymes 1-3-flowered, peduncles puberulent, corolla 2-4cm |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
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 subacaulis (Hand.-Mazz.) B.L.Burtt Hemiboea subacaulis var. jiangxiensis Z.Y.Li |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHS China Southeast) |