Androsace sarmentosa Wall.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Leaf rosettes solitary or several forming lax mats, 3--5 cm in diam.; stolons 5--8 cm, arising from leaf rosettes, villous with rust-colored tangled hairs, with leaves at apex. Leaves dimorphic. Outer leaves sessile, ligulate-oblong to elliptic-oblanceolate, less than 1 cm, white sericeous. Inner leaves short petiolate, oblanceolate, 20--50 X 4--9 mm, white sericeous, base narrowed, apex obtuse. Scapes 12--22 cm, with sparse long tawny hairs; umbels many flowered; bracts linear to linear-oblanceolate, 3--5 mm, sericeous and glandular. Pedicel 6--12 mm, densely rust-colored villous. Calyx ca. 3 mm, sparsely white villous, parted to middle; lobes ovate to broadly lanceolate, ciliate, apex obtuse. Corolla purple or pink, 5--8 mm in diam.; lobes cuneate-obovate, apex subtruncate. Fl. Jun-Jul. 2n = 20.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.15 - 0.2
Mature height (meter) 0.1
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

Mixed forests and grassy slopes; at elevations from 2,800-4,000 metres.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-7

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -40
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Androsace sarmentosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Androsace sarmentosa world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700432-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534805
COL ID DVHP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Androsace chumbyi Primula sarmentosa Androsace dubyi Androsace sarmentosa

Lower taxons

Androsace sarmentosa subsp. primuloides Androsace sarmentosa var. watkinsii