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Primula dickieana G.Watt sect. Amethystina 
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FamilyPRIMULACEAE
Genus speciesPrimula dickieana G.Watt sect. Amethystina
BibliographyJ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 9 (1882)
Native Rangese. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya and n. Myanmar
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatgrassland
Altitude3500-5000m
Descriptionefarinose, glabrous, leaves winged petiolate, elliptic to obovate, entire, acute, umbel 1-6-flowered, flowers infundibuliform, 2-3cm, lobes obcordate to oblong, bilobate
Size10-20cm
Colorpurple, white, yellow
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C
division in spring just as young growth commences
SynonymsAleuritia dickieana (G.Watt) Soják
Primula dickieana var. chlorops W.W.Sm. & Forrest
Primula dickieana var. pantlingii (King) W.W..Sm.
Primula pantlingii King
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     36 China (CHT Tibet)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal)
     41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar)
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