Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula advena W.W.Sm. sect. Nivales |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4000-4600m |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, oblanceolate to obovate, 6-15cm, efarinose, dentate to serrate, umbels 1-3, superimposed, 5-12-flowered, flowers 15-20mm, lobes oblong, reflexed |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | purple, yellow |
Bloom | spring |
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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