Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula sonchifolia Franch. sect. Petiolares |
Synonyms | Primula drymophila Craib |
Primula gratissima Forrest | |
Primula taraxacoides Balf.f. | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2300-4600m |
Description | leaves petiolate, oblong, 3-10cm, irregularly lobate to pinnatisect, segments denticulate, umbel 3-15-flowered, flowers 15-25mm across, lobes ovate, dentate |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | blue, purplish blue |
Bloom | early spring |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, 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
China (China South-Central ) Asia-Tropical Indo-China (Myanmar) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PRIMULACEAE
sonchifolia emeiensis C.M.Hu, Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 6: 8 (1990)
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