Androsace strigillosa Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Leaf rosettes usually solitary. Leaves trimorphic. Outer leaves ovate to triangular-lanceolate, 6--9 X 3--4 mm, early deciduous, ± pubescent near apex. Medial leaves sessile, liguliform to oblanceolate, 6--15 X 1.5--2.5 mm, herbaceous, hirtellous-villous. Petiole of inner leaves narrowly winged, ca. as long as to slightly longer than leaf blade; leaf blade elliptic to ovate-elliptic or obovate-oblanceolate, (2.5--)5--16 X 1--3.5 cm, densely strigose or hirsute, base attenuate, sometimes abruptly narrowed, apex acute to subobtuse and apiculate. Scapes 10--40 cm, sparsely spreading white pilose; umbels many flowered; bracts ovate to lanceolate, 2--5 mm, pubescent. Pedicel 1--5 cm, sparsely minutely glandular pubescent. Calyx 3.5--4 mm, sparsely puberulous, parted to 1/3; lobes broadly ovate to ovate-triangular, minutely ciliate, apex obtuse to subacute. Corolla deep red or pink, 8--9 mm in diam.; lobes broadly obovate, margin nearly entire. Fl. Jun. 2n = 20.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
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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) 7-8

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -21
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Androsace strigillosa world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700449-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534863
COL ID DVJ8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Androsace strigillosa Androsace foliosa Androsace sarmentosa var. grandifolia Androsace strigillosa var. mutica Androsace strigillosa var. canescens