Androsace mairei H.Lév.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, laxly cespitose. Shoots dark brown, initially densely white villous, glabrescent, internodes 1.5--4 cm. Leaves dimorphic. Outer leaves sessile, ligulate to ligulate-spatulate, 4--5 X 1--1.5 mm, sparsely hirtellous-pilose distally, apex obtuse. Petiole of inner leaves ca. 1/2 as long as leaf blade; leaf blade oblanceolate to rhomboid-spatulate or elliptic, 6--16 X 1.5--3 mm, sparsely pilose, base attenuate, margin with long white hairs, apex acute. Scapes 2--3 cm, sparsely spreading white villous; umbels 5-or 6-flowered; bracts linear, 4--4.5 X 1--1.4 mm, sparsely pilose, base slightly gibbous. Pedicel 3--4 mm. Calyx ca. 3 mm, pubescent only along veins, parted to ± middle; lobes triangular, ciliate, apex obtuse; veins 5. Corolla pink, ca. 5 mm in diam.; lobes obovate-oblong, apex subrounded. Fl. Jun.
Life form perennial
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
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Distribution

Androsace mairei world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700352-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534672
COL ID DVF7
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Synonyms

Androsace mairei Androsace hookeriana var. mairei