Androsace bisulca Bureau & Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, forming dense moundlike cushions from branched caudex. Shoots very short, without internodes. Leaf rosettes of current year 1--2.5 cm in diam., superimposed on old rosettes. Leaves obscurely dimorphic, sessile. Outer leaves smaller than inner leaves, tufted villous near apex. Inner leaves linear-lanceolate, 4--12 X 0.8--1.8 mm, with scattered long hairs on margin and sometimes also distally, margin slightly thickened, apex acute; midvein prominent and raised abaxially. Scapes 1.5--2(--4) cm, with bracts. Umbels 2--8-flowered; bracts narrowly lanceolate to linear, 3--4 mm, base slightly gibbous. Pedicel 1.5--7 mm, 1--2 X as long as bracts. Pedicel and calyx with few spreading long white hairs. Calyx ca. 3 mm, parted to middle; lobes ovate, long ciliate, apex acute. Corolla white to pink or yellow, 4--5 mm in diam.; lobes obovate-oblong, margin entire, apex rounded.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
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Distribution

Androsace bisulca world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700199-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534431
COL ID 66QNS
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Synonyms

Primula bisulca Androsace bisulca Androsace villosa var. bisulca Androsace bisulca var. bisulca

Lower taxons

Androsace bisulca var. aurata