Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula silaensis Petitm. sect. Amethystina |
Synonyms | Aleuritia silaensis (Petitm.) Soják |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3600-4800m |
Description | efarinose, glabrous, leaves petiolate, obovate, 1-2cm long, sharply dentate, obtuse, umbels 2-5-flowered, flowers 10-13mm across, campanulate, lobes obscurely emarginate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale pinkish purple |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, 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 (China South-Central ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya ) Indo-China (Myanmar) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PRIMULACEAE
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