Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula villosa Wulfen sect. Auricula |
Synonyms | Aretia villosa (Wulfen) Link |
Auricula-ursi villosa (Wulfen) Soják | |
Primula simsii Sweet | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 400-2950m |
Description | leaves 2-10cm long, obovate to ovate, carnose, viscid glandular hirsute, flowers 2-12, with white eye, 15-25mm across, in umbel |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | lilac, pink |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | rosette, 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
Middle Europe (Austria ) Southeastern Europe (Italy , Yugoslavia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PRIMULACEAE
villosa infecta Kress, Primulac.-Stud. 2: 3 (1981)
illosa irmingardis Kress, ibid.
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