Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace eritrichioides Gand. |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 46: 420 (1900) |
Native Range | wc. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4200-4500m |
Description | leaves densely imbricate, ovate, obtuse, glabrous, on margins long ciliate, flowers solitary, sessile, calyx hirsute, lobes shortly ovate, corolla lobes broadly ovate |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Primula eritrichoides (Gand.) Derganc |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |