Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace lactea L. sect. Dicranothrix |
Synonyms | Androsace pauciflora Vill. |
Primula lactea (L.) Lam. | |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | leaves linear, entire, flowers 1-6, 8-12mm across, in long pedunculate umbel |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white with a yellow eye |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | rosette, cushion |
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 early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Poland , Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France ) Southeastern Europe (Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PRIMULACEAE
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