Primula tanneri King


Family	PRIMULACEAE
Genus species	Primula tanneri King sect. Petiolares
Habitat	grassland and thickets
Altitude	3500-5000m
Description	leaves winged petiolate, ovate-deltate, 2-10cm, cordate to subsagittate, irregularly coarsely dentate, acute, umbel 2-12-flowered, flowers 20-25mm across, lobes emarginate
Size	10-20cm
Color	blue, purple, white
Bloom	spring
Ca
Type	tuft
Cultivation	mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained 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 China (Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya , Nepal)
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	PRIMULACEAE Primula tanneri King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 55(2): 227 (1886) 3500-5000m ============================================================================= tanneri typica ined. s. Tibet, e. Himalaya, Nepal 36 CHT 40 EHM NEP tanneri nepalensis (W.W.Sm.) A.J.Richards, J. Scott. Rock Gard. Club 15(3): 209 (1977) Basionym: Primula nepalensis W.W.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 16: 228 (1931) e. Himalaya, Nepal 40 EHM NEP tanneri peralta (W.W.Sm. & H.R.Fletcher) S.K.Basak & Maiti, Gen. Primula India 236 (2014) Basionym: Primula strumosa peralta W.W.Sm. & H.R.Fletcher, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 61(2): 305 (1944) e. Himalaya (Bhutan) 40 EHM