Androsace longifolia Turcz.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, densely cespitose, with many dwarf shoots densely covered by dense remains of old leaves. Leaves sessile, grayish green, linear to linear-lanceolate, 7--30(--50) X 1--2 mm, cartilaginous, tapering to base, glabrous except for ciliate margin when young, erect, apex acute. Scapes to 1 cm, usually hidden in leaves, densely villous; umbels 4--7(--10)-flowered; bracts linear-lanceolate, 3--6 mm, glabrescent. Pedicel 4--10 mm, villous. Calyx 3.5--4.5 mm, sparsely short pubescent and minutely glandular or glabrescent, parted to middle; lobes triangular, ciliate, apex acute. Corolla white, 5--6 mm in diam.; lobes obovate-elliptic, apex slightly emarginate. Fl. May.
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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

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Distribution

Androsace longifolia world distribution map, present in China and Mongolia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700343-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534660
COL ID 672NJ
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Synonyms

Androsace longifolia Androsace longifolia var. decipiens