Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula halleri J.F.Gmel. sect. Farinosae |
Bibliography | Onomat. Bot. Compl. 7: 407 (1775) |
Native Range | Alps, Carpathians to Balkan Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1000-2900m |
Description | leaves oblong-ovate, 2-8cm, sometimes minutely denticulate, abaxially densely yellow farinose, flowers 2-12, 15-20mm across, with yellow eye, in umbel, scape stout, farinose |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | lilac |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering |
Synonyms | Aleuritia farinosa ssp. platyphylla (O.Schwarz) Soják Aleuritia halleri (J.F.Gmel.) Soják Aleuritia longiflora (All.) Spach Primula farinosa ssp. longiflora (All.) Bonnier & Layens Primula halleri ssp. platyphylla O.Schwarz Primula longiflora All. |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) |