Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula calyptrata X.Gong & R.C.Fang sect. Carolinella |
Bibliography | Novon 13: 193 (2003) |
Native Range | sc. China (Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 1700-1900m |
Description | efarinose, leaves alternate, suborbiculate, 3-4cm, rounded, cordate, irregularly sinuate, abaxially purple, petiolate, flowers in umbel, pendent, corolla turbinate |
Size | 12-18cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |