Androsace tapete Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, forming compact moundlike cushions. Shoots tightly packed, with leaf rosettes superimposed into columns, usually without intervals, 2--3 mm in diam. Leaves sessile, dimorphic. Outer leaves dark brown, ligulate to oblong-elliptic, 2--3 mm, glabrescent, apex obtuse to acute. Inner leaves linear to narrowly oblanceolate, 2--3 mm, abaxially densely white tufted villous on distal 1/2 and on margin, adaxially glabrescent. Flowers solitary, subsessile, hidden in leaf rosettes, with only corolla limb exserted; bracts linear, membranous. Calyx cylindric, 2.5--3 mm, parted to 1/3 or below; lobes triangular, margin with long hairs, apex obtuse. Corolla pink, ca. 3 mm in diam.; lobes broadly obovate, margin entire to obscurely undulate, apex rounded. Fl. Jun-Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
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Images

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700455-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534873
COL ID DVJF
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Synonyms

Androsace tapete Androsace densa Androsace gustavi