Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Henckelia forrestii (J.Anhony) D.J.Middleton & Mich.Möller |
Bibliography | Taxon 60: 775 (2011) |
Native Range | sc. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 2000-3100m |
Description | stems sparsely pilose, leaves crowded on apex, petiolate, elliptic to ovate, sparsely pubescent, serrate, cymes 1-5-flowered, corolla 3-4cm, throat yellow |
Size | 2-15cm |
Color | purple, blue |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | |
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 | Chirita forrestii J.Anthony Chirita forrestii var. acutidentata W.T.Wang Didymocarpus forrestii (J.Anthony) Hand.-Mazz. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |