Family | GESNERIACEAE |
Genus species | Corallodiscus kingianus (Craib) B.L.Burtt |
Bibliography | Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 122: 212 (1947) |
Native Range | sc. China to s. Qinghai and e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 2800-4800m |
Description | dense basal rosette of large, ovate-lanceolate, acute, dark green leaves, abaxially densely brown hirsute, flowers up to 12, long, tubular, floral scape brownish hirsute |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | purple, blue, white |
Bloom | early summer |
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 | Didissandra kingiana Craib Didissandra rufa King ex Hook.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |