Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula occlusa W.W.Sm. sect. Minutissimae |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 33: 263 (1942) |
Native Range | se. Tibet to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4900-5000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, suborbiculate, 6-15mm, efarinose, dentate in upper half, scape with 1-3 flowers, 7-10mm across, with white eye, lobes obovate, deeply incised |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | mauve, violet, purple |
Bloom | summer |
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 in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Aleurita occlusa (W.W.Sm.) Soják |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |