Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula tenuipes F.H.Chen & C.M.Hu sect. Farinosae |
Bibliography | Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 6: 16 (1990) |
Native Range | sc. China (nw. Sichuan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 4300-4400m |
Description | leaves long petiolate, ovate to suborbiculate, 15-70mm wide, shallowly cordate, double dentate, obtuse, umbel 2-8-flowered, flowers ca. 15mm across, with yellow eye |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | pinkish purple |
Bloom | spring |
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 after flowering |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |