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Dionysia aretioides is a small, cushion-forming alpine subshrub from the Alborz Mountains of Iran, grown by rock garden and alpine enthusiasts. The key to success is sharp drainage, full light and keeping it dry in winter, as it resents wet crowns and humid summers.
Dionysia aretioides, the aretioid dionysia, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Dionysia within the family Primulaceae, native to the central Alborz mountains of northern Iran. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dionysia aretioides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
