Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula tosaensis Yatabe sect. Reinii |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 500-1100m |
Description | leaves petiolate, membranous, orbiculate, 3-7cm, cordate, shallowly dentate, adaxially glabrous, flowers 1-4 in umbel, corolla crateriform with yellow eye, 25-30mm across |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia (Japan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PRIMULACEAE
tosaensis brachycarpa H.Hara, Iconogr. Pl. Asiae Orient. 1: 75 (1936)
tosaensis rhodotricha (Nakai & Maek.] Ohwi, J.Jap. Bot. 29(2): 365 (1954)
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