Androsace cuttingii C.E.C.Fisch.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, with a woody tap root. Caudex many branched, forming dense cushions. Leaf rosettes of current year superimposed on old rosettes, without intervals. Leaves trimorphic. Outer leaves usually covered by remains of dead leaves, brownish, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 3.5--5 mm, early deciduous, glabrescent, sparsely ciliate. Medial leaves sessile, oblong-ligulate to linear-spatulate, 3--6 mm, abaxially white villous on distal 1/2, glabrous on proximal 1/2, adaxially pilose near margin. Petiole of inner leaves very short; leaf blade oblanceolate to obovate-spatulate, 5--15 X 2--4(--5) mm, herbaceous, densely strigillose, base attenuate, apex subobtuse. Scapes erect, 0.5--2 cm, white villous; umbels 3--6(--10)-flowered; bracts linear to linear-spatulate, 3--4 mm, short pubescent, minutely capitate glandular, apex acute to obtuse. Pedicel 1--2(--3) mm, usually shorter than bracts. Calyx 2.5--3 mm, pubescent, parted to ± middle; lobes ovate to ovate-triangular, margin white pubescent, apex obtuse to acute. Corolla white or pink, 5--7 mm in diam.; lobes obovate to broadly obovate, margin nearly entire. Fl. Apr-Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Root system tap-root
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JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
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Distribution

Androsace cuttingii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700241-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534516
COL ID DVBR
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Synonyms

Androsace cuttingii