Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula forrestii Balf.f. sect. Bullatae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 4: 228 (1908) |
Native Range | sc. China (n. & w. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3000-3200m |
Description | leaves in rosette, petiolate, ovate or oblong, 3-8cm, yellowish pilose, cuneate, obtusely dentate, rounded, flowers numerous in umbel, corolla 15-25mm, lobes bifid |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | deep golden yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Primula bullata var. forrestii (Balf.f.) P.Eveleigh & al. Primula forrestii var. redolens (Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward) A.L.Richards Primula redolens Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward Primula ulophylla Hand.-Mazz. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |