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Androsace vitaliana (L.) Lapeyr.  
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FamilyPRIMULACEAE
Genus speciesAndrosace vitaliana (L.) Lapeyr. 
BibliographyHist. Pl. Pyrénées: 94 (1813)
Native RangePyrenees
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocks and scree
Altitude1500-3300m
Descriptionleaves narrowly linear, entire, acute, imbricate, flowers terminal, usually solitary, shortly pedicellate, petals ovate-lanceolate, obtuse
Size1-5cm
Coloryellow
Bloomlate spring
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAndrosace lutea Lam.
Androsace rugosa Clairv.
Androsace vitaliana ssp. minor Kress
Androsace vitaliana ssp. pyrenalis Kress
Aretia vitaliana (L.)L.
Douglasia vitaliana (L.) Hook. ex Pax
Gregoria lutea St.-Lag.
Gregoria vitaliana (L.) Duby
Macrotybus luteus Dulac
Primula sedifolia Salisb.
Primula vitaliana L.
Vitaliana gregorii Sacc.
Vitaliana primuliflora Bertol.
Territory1 Europe
     12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain)
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