Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula tsongpenii H.R.Fletcher sect. Dryadifolia |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 52: 340 (1942) |
Native Range | se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 4600-5000m |
Description | flowers solitary, with whitish eye and dense tuft of hairs in throat, petals bifid, leaves suborbiculate, 3-5mm wide, coriaceous, dentate, obtuse, |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pink |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |