Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula epilithica F.W.Chen & C.M.Hu sect. Malacoides |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2300-2500m |
Description | densely rusty hirsute, leaves petiolate, ovate to elliptic, 8-25mm, cordate, lobate, dentate, umbel solitary, 2-6-flowered, flowers 8-15mm across |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, carpet |
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 (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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