Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula mistassinica Michx. sect. Farinosae |
Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 124 (1803) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to nc. & ne. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | efarinose, leaves oblanceolate or cuneate-obovate, often dentate, scape very thin, calyx narrow, 3-6mm long, corolla lobes broadly cuneate, incised |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | bluish purple, pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering |
Synonyms | Aleuritia mistassinica (Michx.) Soják Primula farinosa var. mistassinica (Michx.) Pax Primula farinosa ssp. mistassinica (Michx.) Pax Primula intercedens Fernald Primula maccalliana Wiegand Primula mistassinica f. intercedens (Fernald) J.Cay. Primula mistassinica var. intercedens (Fernald) B.Boivin Primula mistassinica f. leucantha Fernald Primula mistassinica var. noveboracensis Fernald Primula mistassinica f. plena J.Cay. Primula mistassinica var. typica Fernald Primula pusilla Goldie Primula sibirica var. mistassinica (Michx.) Kurtz |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York, VER Vermont) |