Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace nivalis (Lindl.) Wendelbo |
Bibliography | Arbok Univ. Bergen, Mat.-Naturvitensk. Ser. 19: 27 (1961) |
Native Range | Washington |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 700-2400m |
Description | densely greyish hirsute, leaves linear to oblanceolate, 1-3cm, sometimes dentate, umbel 2-8-flowered, supported by acute bracts, corolla lobes 4-5mm long, rounded |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Androsace dieckeana Hausskn. Douglasia dentata S.Watson Douglasia nivalis Lindl. Douglasia nivalis var. dentata (S.Watson) A.Gray Gregoria dentata (S.Watson) House Gregoria nivalis (Lindl.) House Primula douglasii Kuntze Primula douglasii var. dentata (S.Watson) Derganc |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WAS Washington) |