Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula nivalis Pall. sect. Nivales |
Synonyms | Aleuritia nivalis (Pall.) Soják |
Primula spathulata Royle | |
Primula stuartii Hook.f. | |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | alpine |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, elliptic to oblong, 6-16cm dlouhé, regularly obtuse-denticulate, obtuse to acute, umbel 8-20-flowered, flowers 15-25mm across, lobes oblong, entire |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | purple, violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (Xinjiang ) Mongolia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PRIMULACEAE
nivalis subintegerrima Regel
nivalis turkestanica J.N.Haage & E.Schmidt, Gard. Chron. n.s., 8: 809 (1877)
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