Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula laurentiana Fernald sect. Farinosae |
Bibliography | Rhodora 30: 68 (1928) |
Native Range | e. Canada to Maine |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 0-300m |
Description | leaves oblanceolate, dentate, 1-7cm, tapered to wide petiole, abaxially white farinose, flowers 10-17, 8-15mm, with yellow eye, in spherical umbel, scape solid |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | lilac-pink, purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering |
Synonyms | Primula farinosa ssp. laurentiana (Fernald) Blasdale Primula farinosa var. macropoda Fernald Primula laurentiana f. chlorophylla Fernald Primula mistassinica var. macropoda (Fernald) B.Boivin |
Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine) |