Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace ochotensis Roem. & Schult. |
Bibliography | Syst. Veg., ed. 15(bis), 4: 786 (1819) |
Native Range | e. Siberia to Russian Far East, Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-700m |
Description | leaves distinctly curvate, thin, linear to lanceolate, 3-10mm, entire, obtuse, hirsute, glabrescent, flowers solitary, 4-12 mm across, lobes entire, calyx glabrous, |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Androsace arctica Cham. Androsace ochotensis var. arctica (Cham.) Kurz Androsace tschuktschorum R.Knuth Douglasia ochotensis (Roem. & Schult.) Hultén Douglasia ochotensis ssp. arctica (Cham.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Primula arctica (Cham.) Kuntze Primula ochotensis (Roem. & Schult.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |