Androsace maxima L.

Greater rockjasmine (en), Grande Androsace (fr), Grande androsace (fr), Androsace des champs (fr), Androsace élevée (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Herbs annual, with a slender tap root. Leaves sessile or very short petiolate, elliptic to narrowly obovate or oblanceolate, 5--15(--35) X 2--5(--20) mm, narrowed at base, remotely blunt denticulate distally, sparsely villous or glabrescent, apex acute to subobtuse. Scapes 2 to many, 2--7.5 cm, villous and minutely white glandular pubescent; umbels many flowered; bracts elliptic to obovate, 5--15 X 1--4.5 mm, leaflike, sparsely villous. Pedicel 1--1.5 cm, pubescent. Calyx 3--4 mm, enlarging to 9 mm in fruit, sparsely villous, parted to 2/3; lobes triangular-lanceolate, apex acuminate. Corolla white or pink, 3--4 mm in diam.; lobes oblong, 1--1.8 mm, apex rounded. Fl. Jun-Jul. 2n = 20, ca. 36--38, 40, 52, 54, 58--60, 80.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.15
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Androsace maxima habit picture by Corentin Ollive (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Androsace maxima leaf picture by Corentin Ollive (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Androsace maxima flower picture by Martín Montenegro Merino (cc-by-sa)
Androsace maxima flower picture by Benito Soto Fernando (cc-by-sa)
Androsace maxima flower picture by Catherine Borie (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Androsace maxima world distribution map, present in China, France, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700355-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534676
COL ID 5V2P5
BDTFX ID 74955
INPN ID 82516
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Primula arvensis Aretia maxima Androsace tauscheri Androsace torrepandoi Primula maxima Androsace maxima f. uniflora Androsace turczaninowii Androsace maxima var. longifrons Androsace maxima var. macrantha Androsace maxima var. micrantha Androsace maxima var. stricta Androsace maxima subsp. turczaninovii Androsace maxima

Lower taxons

Androsace maxima subsp. caucasica