Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula bella Franch. sect. Minutissimae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 32: 268 (1885) |
Native Range | sc. China to Arunachal Pradesh |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3700-4800m |
Description | leaves petiolate, obovate, 3-7cm, abaxially yellow farinose, deeply incised into lanceolate to ovate segments, flowers 1-2, 20-25mm across, in throat with tuft of white hairs |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | purple, rose, violet |
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 in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Aleuritia bella (Franch.) Soják Primula bella ssp. bonatiana (Petitm.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula bella ssp. cyclostegia (Hand.-Mazz.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula bella ssp. nanobella (Balf.f. & Forrest) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula bella ssp. stragulata (Balf.f. & Forrest) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula bonatiana Petitm. Primula cyclostegia Hand.-Mazz. Primula cyclostegia var. nanobella (Balf.f. & Forrest) Hand.-Mazz. Primula nanobella Balf.f. & Forrest Primula stragulata Balf.f. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |