Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula cuneifolia Ledeb. sect. Cuneifolia |
Synonyms | Primula hakusanensis Franch. |
Primula heterodonta Franch. | |
Primula hyperborea Spreng | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 0-2100m |
Description | leaves carnose, sessile, spathulate to obovate, 2-7cm long, acute, at base cuneate, sharply dentate, glabrous, flowers in umbel, corolla crateriform with yellow eye, 15-18mm |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | purple, white |
Bloom | summer |
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 in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Sakhalin ) Eastern Asia (Japan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PRIMULACEAE
cuneifolia saxifragifolia (Lehm.) Pax, Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV, 237: 112 (1905)
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