Androsace selago Hook.F. & Thomson ex Klatt

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Plants perennial, forming compact moundlike cushions. Shoots columnar, tightly packed, densely and uniformly with overlapping leaves, ca. 3 mm in diam. Leaves sessile, nearly equal, linear to cuneate-obovate, 2--3 X 0.8--1.2 mm, membranous and glabrous on proximal 1/2, ± thickened and sericeous on distal 1/2, apex ± incurved, acute to subacuminate. Scapes solitary, 2.5--7 mm, sparsely villous, 1-or 2-flowered; bracts linear, slightly shorter than flowers, inserted slightly below calyx. Flowers sessile. Calyx 2.5--3 mm, parted below middle; lobes oblong, villous outside, apex obtuse. Corolla purple, 2--3 mm in diam.; lobes obovate-oblong, apex obtuse. Fl. Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
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Distribution

Androsace selago world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700435-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534821
COL ID DVHR
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Synonyms

Primula selago Androsace selago