Dionysia (plant)

Dionysia
Dionysia involucrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Ericales
Family:Primulaceae
Subfamily:Primuloideae
Genus:Dionysia
Fenzl

Dionysia is a genus containing 49 species of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. They are small, cushion-forming alpines native to mountains in central Asia. They are usually evergreen perennials with felted leaves, covered with bright yellow or pink, five-petalled flowers in spring.[1] They are often difficult to cultivate if the correct conditions are not provided.[2]

Species include:

  • Dionysia aretioides
  • Dionysia involucrata
  • Dionysia michauxii
  • Dionysia microphylla
  • Dionysia mozaffarianii
  • Dionysia tapetodes


Dionysia aretioides has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  2. ↑ http://www.kew.org/discover/blogs/dionysia-flowering-cushions-alpine-house
  3. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Dionysia aretioides". Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 29. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
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