Androsace aizoon Duby

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Herbs biennial or annual. Leaf rosettes 2.5--8 cm in diam. Leaves sessile, spatulate, 15--32(--44) X 4--7 mm, tapering to base, minutely ciliolate, margin subcartilaginous, apex subrounded and mucronate. Scapes 4 to many, 10--35 cm, sparsely glandular pubescent; umbels (5--)10--25-flowered; bracts oblong-lanceolate, 2.5--4 X 1--1.8 mm, densely glandular pubescent. Pedicels unequal, 0.4--3.5(--4) cm, sparsely glandular pubescent. Calyx campanulate, ca. 3.5 mm, parted to ± middle; lobes ovate, glandular pubescent, ciliolate, apex obtuse; veins 3 or 4. Corolla pinkish red; lobes obovate, ca. 3.5 mm, apex 2-lobed. Fl. Jun-Jul. 2n = 20.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.11 - 0.35
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-5

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Androsace aizoon world distribution map, present in China and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700160-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534374
COL ID DV9H
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Primula aizoon Androsace aizoon Androsace aizoon var. himalaica

Lower taxons

Androsace aizoon subsp. brirensis