Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula graminifolia Pax & K.Hoffm. sect. Nivales |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4000-4800m |
Description | leaves petiolate, linear, 2-7cm, abaxially white farinose, entire, obtuse, margins revolute, umbels 1-2, superimosed, 2-6-flowered, flowers ca. 25mm across, lobes oblong, entire |
Size | 3-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PRIMULACEAE
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