Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Omphalogramma souliei Franch. |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 45: 180 (1898) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3300-4500m |
Description | leaves 10-20cm, ovate to elliptic or oblong, tapered to broadly winged petiole, glabrous and subcarnose, flowers 2-4cm long and 4-6cm wide, lobes ovate-oblong, bilobate |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | deep red, purple |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Omphalogramma franchetii (Pax) W.J.Harley Omphalogramma souliei var. pubescens H.R.Fletcher Primula franchetii Pax |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |