Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula tschuktschorum Kjellm. sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | Vega-Exped. Vetensk. Iakttag. [A.E.Nordenskjöld] 1: 516 (1880) |
Native Range | Russian Far East to Alaska |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 0-500m |
Description | leaves 2-8cm, linear or narrowly oblanceolate, at apex with small denticles, flowers pendent, calyx campanulate, lobes lanceolate-subulate, corolla 10-18mm across |
Size | 2-15cm |
Color | magenta |
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 after flowering |
Synonyms | Aleuritia tschuktschorum (Kjellm.) Soják Primula beringensis (A.E.Porsild) Jurtzev Primula pumila var. ledebouriana E.Busch Primula tschuktschorum var. beringensis A.E.Porsild Primula tschuktschorum ssp. beringensis (A.E.Porsild) Jurtzev & Kozhevn. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska) |