Androsace cernuiflora Y.C.Yang & R.F.Huang

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, forming dense moundlike cushions consisting of tightly aggregated columns with dense overlapping leaves, 4--5 mm in diam. Leaves 6--6.5 mm, sessile, passing centripetally from oblong to sublinear, margin cartilaginous, short ciliate, apex subobtuse; midvein raised abaxially, recurved from middle, proximally membranous, whitish. Inflorescences with solitary flowers; bract solitary, lanceolate to linear, ca. 4 mm, base membranous and auriculate-dilated. Pedicel slightly drooping to recurved, 5.5--6 mm, with multicellular hairs and minute glands. Calyx ca. 4 mm, sparsely pilose, parted to 1/2; lobes triangular, ciliolate, margin submembranous; veins 3, obscure. Corolla purple, ca. 7 mm in diam.; lobes obovate, margin obscurely undulate, apex rounded. Fl. Jun-Jul.
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 cernuiflora world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:930082-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534475
COL ID DVB6
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Synonyms

Androsace cernuiflora