Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula densa Balf.f. sect. Obconica |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 9 (1920) |
Native Range | sc. China to n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 2300-2700m |
Description | leaves petiolate, broadly ovate to ovate-oblong, 1-2cm, minutely glandular, cordate, crenate, umbel 2-10-flowered, flowers with yellow eye, 10-15mm across, lobes emarginate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Primula obconica ssp. densa (Balf.f.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |