Androsace umbellata (Lour.) Merr.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Androsace

Characteristics

Herbs annual or biennial, with numerous fibrous roots. Leaves basal; petiole 1--4 cm, pilose; leaf blade suborbicular to ovate, 5--20 wide, appressed pubescent, base shallowly cordate to subrounded, margin dentate, apex obtuse to rounded. Scapes often many, erect, 4--15 cm, pubescent; umbels 4--15-flowered; bracts ovate to lanceolate, 3.5--4 mm. Pedicel 1--3 cm, elongating to 6 cm in fruit, pubescent and short-stalked glandular. Calyx 3--4 mm, densely pubescent, parted nearly to base; lobes rhomboid-ovate, enlarging and stellately spreading in fruit; veins 3--6. Corolla white, 4--6 mm in diam., with a yellow eye; tube ca. 2 mm; lobes obovate-oblong, 2.5--3 X 1.5--2 mm, apex obtuse. Fl. Feb-Apr. 2n = 18@.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.12
Root system fibrous-root
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Contraceptive agents (leaf), Menstruation disturbances (leaf), Cough (unspecified), Eye diseases (unspecified), Neoplasms (unspecified), Pharyngitis (unspecified), Snake bites (unspecified), Uterine diseases (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

Androsace umbellata unspecified picture

Distribution

Androsace umbellata world distribution map, present in Argentina, Bangladesh, China, Congo (Democratic Republic of the), India, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700464-1
WFO ID wfo-0000534890
COL ID DVJT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Androsace orbicularis Androsace rotundifolia Androsace rotundifolia Androsace umbellata Androsace carnosula Drosera umbellata Primula patens Primula minutiflora Androsace carnulosa Primula umbellata Androsace patens Androsace saxifragifolia