Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula dickieana G.Watt sect. Amethystina |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 9 (1882) |
Native Range | se. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-5000m |
Description | efarinose, glabrous, leaves winged petiolate, elliptic to obovate, entire, acute, umbel 1-6-flowered, flowers infundibuliform, 2-3cm, lobes obcordate to oblong, bilobate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | purple, white, yellow |
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 in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Aleuritia dickieana (G.Watt) Soják Primula dickieana var. chlorops W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula dickieana var. pantlingii (King) W.W..Sm. Primula pantlingii King |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |