Androsace erecta Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Herbs annual or biennial. Stems erect, (2--)10--35 cm, simple or branched only in inflorescences, sparsely or densely villous. Basal leaves forming a rosette 7--10 mm in diam., usually withering during anthesis, oblanceolate. Stem leaves alternate, sessile or subsessile, elliptic to ovate-elliptic or ovate, 4--15 X 1.2--6 mm, sparsely pubescent, base short attenuate to rounded, margin slightly thickened and cartilaginous, apex acute to subobtuse, mucronate. Umbels terminal and axillary, occasionally with solitary flowers in axils of upper leaves; bracts leaflike, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, ca. 3.5 mm. Pedicel 1--3 cm, sparingly glandular. Calyx 3--3.5 mm, parted to 1/2; lobes narrowly triangular, with scattered short-stalked glands, apex apiculate; veins 3, obscure. Corolla white or pink, 2.5--4 mm in diam.; lobes oblong, 0.8--1.2 mm wide. Fl. Apr-Jun.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

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

Androsace erecta world distribution map, present in China and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700262-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534549
COL ID 672NV
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Synonyms

Primula erecta Androsace erecta Mitrasacme mairei