Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace caduca Ovcz. sect. Chamaejasme |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 7: 22 (1937) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan and se. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 2300-3600m |
Description | rosette densely hirsute, leaves 6-8mm, linear-lanceolate, acute, scape 6-8mm, many flowered, bracts linear-lanceolate, corolla lobes oblong-obovate, emarginate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white with a yellow eye |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
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 division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, TUR Turkey) |