| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Coris monspeliensis L. |
| Synonyms | Alus mediterranea Bubani |
| Coris purpurea St.-Lag. | |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-1700m |
| Description | leaves linear, coriaceous, to 2cm long, leaves more or less involute, the upper sometimes sharply dentate, flowers 9-12mm across, in short dense raceme |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | rose, purple, blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (Baleares , France , Sardegna , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Greece , Italy , Sicilia , Yugoslavia ) Africa Northern Africa (Algeria , Morocco , Tunisia) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | PRIMULACEAE
monspeliensis maroccana Murb., Acta Univ. Lund. 34(7): 2 (1898)
monspeliensis rivasiana F. Alcaraz & al., Itinera Geobot. 2: 108 (1989)
monspeliensis somaliensis Govaerts, World Checkl. Seed. Pl. 3(1): 20 (1999)
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