Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Petrocosmea kerrii Craib |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1918: 365 (1918) |
Native Range | sc. China to Indo-China |
Primary Biome | Wet Tropical |
Habitat | shady rocks and woods |
Altitude | 1400-3100m |
Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, rhombic-elliptic, 2-14cm, densely hirsute, dentate, obtuse, cymes umbellate, peduncles densely hirsute, corolla inside glabrous |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
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 leaf cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Damrongia kerrii (Craib) Pellegr. Petrocosmea wardii W.W.Sm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar, THA Thailand) |