Androsace mollis Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, laxly cespitose. Shoots sparsely villous when young, becoming glabrescent and dark purple, internodes 0.4--3.5 cm. Leaf rosettes 0.8--1.3 cm in diam. Leaves dimorphic. Outer leaves sessile, obovate-ligulate, 2.5--5 X 1.5--2.2 mm, abaxially sparsely white villous on distal 1/2, adaxially glabrescent, margin with long spreading hairs, more densely so at apex, apex rounded. Petiole of inner leaves indistinct to 1/2 as long as leaf blade; leaf blade obovate to oblanceolate, 3--13 X 2--2.5(--4) mm, tapering toward base, abaxially sparsely white villous on distal 1/2, adaxially glabrescent, margin spreading pubescent, more densely so at apex, apex obtuse to rounded. Scapes solitary, 0.5--3.5(--5) cm, sparsely villous; bracts several, linear to linear-spatulate, 3--4.5 X 0.5--1 mm, sparsely hirtellous and ciliate, base saccate, apex rounded. Pedicel 1--6 mm, sparsely pubescent. Calyx 2.5--3 mm, parted to middle; tube sparsely pubescent; lobes ovate to ovate-oblong, more densely pubescent than tube, ciliate, apex obtuse. Corolla pink, 5--8 mm in diam.; lobes broadly obovate, margin entire to obscurely undulate, apex rounded. Fl. Jun-Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
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Environment

Light 7-9
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Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

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Edible -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
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Images

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Distribution

Androsace mollis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700358-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534690
COL ID DVFG
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Androsace mollis Androsace sarmentosa var. yunnanensis