Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace lactea L. sect. Dicranothrix |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 142 (1753) |
Native Range | c. Europe to nw. Balkan Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | leaves linear, entire, flowers 1-6, 8-12mm across, in long pedunculate umbel |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white with a yellow eye |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Androsace pauciflora Vill. Primula lactea (L.) Lam. |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) |