Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula saxifragifolia Lehm. sect. Cuneifolia |
Bibliography | Monogr. Primul.: 89 (1817) |
Native Range | Kamchatka, Aleutian Islands to British Columbia |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | leaves in rosettes, 1-3cm, winged petiolate, broadly cuneate, coarsely dentate, obtuse, glabrous, flowers 1-4 in umbel, calyx urceolate, corolla lobes 15mm |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | lilac |
Bloom | summer |
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 in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Primula cuneifolia ssp. saxifragifolia (Lehm.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula cuneifolia var. saxifragifolia (Lehm.) Pax |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |