Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula gracilenta Dunn sect. Muscarioides |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 64 (1911) |
Native Range | sc. China |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-4500m |
Description | leaves petiolate, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 5-15cm long, irregularly dentate, obtuse, inflorescence capitate, 7-20-flowered, flowers 5-6mm across, lobes acute |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | dark bluish purple |
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 |
Synonyms | Aleuritia gracilenta (Dunn) Soják |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |