Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace nortonii Ludlow |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 5: 285 (1976) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-4700m |
Description | leaves trimorphic, inner leaves elliptic to oval-elliptic, 7-15mm, shortly hirsute, umbels 2-5-flowered, flowers 6-9mm across, petals broadly obovate |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal) |