Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace vitaliana (L.) Lapeyr. |
Bibliography | Hist. Pl. Pyrénées: 94 (1813) |
Native Range | Pyrenees |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1500-3300m |
Description | leaves narrowly linear, entire, acute, imbricate, flowers terminal, usually solitary, shortly pedicellate, petals ovate-lanceolate, obtuse |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Androsace 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. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) |
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