Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula glaucescens Moretti sect. Auricula |
Synonyms | Auricula-ursi glaucescens (Moretti) Soják |
Primula calycina Duby ex Gaudin | |
Primula laevigata Duby ex Rchb. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 450-2300m |
Description | leaves lanceolate to obovate, 2-7cm, adaxially shiny green, rigid, coriaceous, margins cartilagineous, finely dentate, flowers 2-6, 2-3cm across, with white eye, in umbel |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pinkish red |
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 cuttings of rosettes in late spring |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Italy) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PRIMULACEAE
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