Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula munroi Lindl. sect. Farinosae |
Synonyms | Aleuritia involucrata (Wall. ex Duby) Soják |
Primula involucrata Wall. ex Duby | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2700-4800m |
Description | leaves ovate to oblong, long petiolate, 3-8cm, flowers 2-6, with yellow eye, in lax umbel, limb 15-20mm across |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pink, white, purple |
Bloom | spring |
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 after flowering |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya , Nepal , Pakistan , West Himalaya ) Indo-China |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PRIMULACEAE
munroi schizocalyx Balf.f. ex S.K.Basak & Maiti, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 39(5): 473 (2001)
munroi yargonensis (Petitm.) D.G.Long, Edinburgh J. Bot. 56(2): 307 (1999)
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