Androsace spinulifera R.Knuth

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Leaf rosettes solitary or 2 or 3 in small clumps. Leaves dimorphic. Outer leaves sessile, waxy yellow, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 5--10(--20) mm, short ciliate, apex cartilaginous, acuminate, forming a spinelike acumen. Petiole of inner leaves indistinct to 1/5 as long as leaf blade; leaf blade oblanceolate, rarely lanceolate, (1.5--)3--18 X 0.4--2(--2.5) cm, tapering toward base, densely strigillose, apex obtuse, mucronate. Scapes solitary, 7--30(--40) cm, sparsely spreading hirsute; umbels many flowered, densely hirsute; bracts lanceolate to linear, 4--7 mm, slightly gibbous at base. Pedicel 1.5--2.5 cm. Calyx 3.5--4 mm, parted to 1/3; lobes ovate or ovate-triangular to obtuse, densely ciliate. Corolla deep red, 8--10 mm in diam.; lobes obovate, margin entire to obscurely undulate, apex rounded. Fl. Jun-Jul. 2n = 20.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 8 - 9
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Distribution

Androsace spinulifera world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700445-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534856
COL ID DVJ3
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Synonyms

Androsace prattiana Androsace strigillosa var. spinulifera Androsace spinulifera