Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula calderiana Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper sect. Petiolares |
Synonyms | Primula dianae Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper |
Primula laeta W.W.Sm. | |
Primula roylei (Watt) Balf.f. & W.W.Sm. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4900m |
Description | fragrant, leaves winged petiolate, oblong to spathulate, crenate, obtuse, efarinose, flowers 4-10 in umbel, flowers 15-35mm across, lobes suborbiculate |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | dark purple, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, fl .stem erect |
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 (Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya , Nepal) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PRIMULACEAE
calderiana bawai Bawri & al., Phytotaxa 265(1): 67 (2016)
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