Androsace croftii Watt

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, with reddish multicellular hairs on petioles and scapes. Leaves forming a rosette, numerous; petiole 2--6 cm; leaf blade suborbicular to reniform, 0.8--1.8 cm wide, strigillose, hairs less than 1 mm, base cordate, sinus penetrating to 1/3 of leaf blade, palmately and deeply 7--9 lobed; lobes cuneate-obovate, margin crenate. Scapes 2.5--10 cm; umbels 5-to many flowered; bracts oblong-obovate to lanceolate, 2--4 mm. Pedicel initially very short, elongating to 6 mm at end of anthesis, densely appressed pubescent. Calyx 2.5--3 mm, parted to ± middle, spreading pubescent outside. Corolla pale purple with a yellow eye, ca. 4 mm in diam.; lobes oblong-obovate, margin nearly entire. Fl. May.
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 croftii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700239-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534513
COL ID DVBP
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Synonyms

Androsace croftii Primula croftii