William Curtis, The Botanical Magazine — 52
“ Plants growing in mountainous situations, where they are constantly exposed to strong-blowing winds, are always dwarfish; in such situations, the present plant has no stalk, whence its name acaulis, but cultivated in gardens it acquires one.Most of the plants of this family are beautiful, and, cultivated in gardens, in brilliancy of colour none exceed the present species.As most Alpine plants do, this loves a pure air, an elevated situation, and a loamy soil, moderately moist; it is however somewhat capricious, thriving without the least care in some gardens, and not succeeding in others ”
