Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace brachystegia Hand.-Mazz. |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15: 285 (1927) |
Native Range | c. China to Qinghai |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4000-4600m |
Description | rosettes 7-10mm wide, leaves elliptic, 2-8mm, long ciliate, glabrous, umbel 1-3-flowered, flowers 6-9mm across, petals obovate, entire, apex rounded |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai) |