Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula youngeriana W.W.Sm. sect. Nivales |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4900-5000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, elliptic to oblanceolate, 10-14cm, white farinose, regularly crenate, obtuse, umbel 2-6-flowered, flowers 2-3cm across, lobes oblong-elliptic, entire |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | dark bluish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PRIMULACEAE
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