Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocharis speciosa (Hemsl.) Mich.Möller & W.H.Chen |
Bibliography | Candollea 69: 180 (2014) |
Native Range | s. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 300-1600m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, narrowly elliptic to ovate, 5cm, white appresed pubescent, narrowly cuneate, serrate, acute, cymes 1-5-flowered, peduncles brown pubescent |
Size | 4-10cm |
Color | purple red |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring and late summer; leaf cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Briggsia speciosa (Hemsl.) Craib Didissandra speciosa Hemsl. Didymocarpus speciosus (Hemsl.) H.Lév. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHS China Southeast) |