Androsace rotundifolia Hardw.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, pubescent-villous or glandular pubescent. Leaves forming a rosette; petiole (1.5--)3--10 cm; leaf blade suborbicular to reniform, 0.4--3 X 0.6--4 cm, margin crenate to crenate-lobate, base cordate; lobes crenate-dentate to sharply dentate on margin. Scapes 4--18 cm; umbels 4--30-flowered; bracts oblanceolate to obovate-cuneate, rarely elliptic, (2.5--)4--10(--19) mm, leaflike, margin entire or dentate near apex. Pedicel 4--15(--40) mm. Calyx campanulate, 4--6 mm, parted to middle or slightly below; lobes ovate to elliptic-ovate, margin entire or dentate near apex. Corolla white to pink or pinkish red, 6.5--10 mm in diam.; lobes cuneate-obovate, 3--4 X 2--3.8 mm, apex retuse or deeply emarginate. 2n = 20.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Contraceptive agents (leaf), Menstruation disturbances (leaf)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Androsace rotundifolia world distribution map, present in China, India, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700425-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534782
COL ID DVHG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Primula paritoshensis Primula parviflora Androsace elegans Androsace incisa Androsace parviflora Androsace rotundifolia Androsace thomsonii Androsace fragilis Androsace rotundifolia var. elatior Androsace rotundifolia var. elegans Androsace rotundifolia var. fragilis Androsace rotundifolia var. glandulosa Androsace rotundifolia subsp. glandulosa Androsace rotundifolia var. incisa Androsace rotundifolia var. macrocalyx Androsace rotundifolia var. parviflora Androsace rotundifolia var. pusilla Androsace rotundifolia var. stacheyi Androsace rotundifolia var. thomsonii Androsace rotundifolia var. nepalensis Androsace umbellata subsp. glandulosa Androsace rotundifolia var. rotundifolia