Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Petrocosmea iodioides Hemsl. |
Bibliography | Hooker‘s Icon. Pl. 26: t. 2599 (1899) |
Native Range | s. China |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1100-2500m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, suborbiculate, 2-4cm, abaxially sericeous, cordate, dentate or serrate, broadly acute, cymes 2-4-flowered, peduncles puberulent |
Size | 4-8cm |
Color | blue-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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHS China Southeast) |