Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace sempervivoides Jacquem. ex Duby sect. Chamaejasme |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 8: 50 (1844) |
Native Range | w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2100-4300m |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves in dense rosettes, imbricate, carnose, obovate-oblong, acute, glabrous, scabrously ciliate, scapes thin, flowers 5-7 in umbel, corolla lobes cuneate-obovate |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Androsace sempervivoides var. bracteata Watt Primula sempervivoides (Jacquem. ex Duby) Kuntze |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |