Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula deuteronana Craib sect. Petiolares |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 6: 251 (1917) |
Native Range | Assam to Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 3500-4500m |
Description | dense rosettes of oblong-spathulate, dentate leaves, 15-50mm long, with short, thick petiole, flowers solitary, 15-25mm across, petals irregularly dentate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale purple |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
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 (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |