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FamilyPRIMULACEAE
Genus speciesAndrosace ochotensis Roem. & Schult. 
BibliographySyst. Veg., ed. 15(bis), 4: 786 (1819)
Native Rangee. Siberia to Russian Far East, Subarctic America
Primary BiomeSubarctic
Habitatrocky slopes
Altitude0-700m
Descriptionleaves distinctly curvate, thin, linear to lanceolate, 3-10mm, entire, obtuse, hirsute, glabrescent, flowers solitary, 4-12 mm across, lobes entire, calyx glabrous,
Size1-5cm
Colorpink
Bloomearly summer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsAndrosace 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
Territory3 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)
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