Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Dionysia kossinskyi Czerniak. |
Bibliography | Izv. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 26: 116 (1927) |
Native Range | s. Turkmenistan to ne. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1900-2800m |
Description | leaves 2-3mm, ovate or obovate, obtuse, entire, at apex thickened, sparsely glandular pubescent, flowers solitary, terminal, subsessile, minute, 3-4mm across |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | brownish violet |
Bloom | early spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe cuttings of rosettes in late spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |