Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula chasmophila Balf.f. ex Hutch. sect. Soldanelloides |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. 145: t. 8791 (1919) |
Native Range | e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 5000-5300m |
Description | leaves ovate, 3-8cm long, abruptly tapered to winged, softly hirsute petiole, crenate-lobate, flowers 1-5, to 2cm across, infundibuliform, in pendent head |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | dark violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |