Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula graminifolia Pax & K.Hoffm. sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 97 (1921) |
Native Range | sc. China (nw. Sichuan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4000-4800m |
Description | leaves petiolate, linear, 2-7cm, abaxially white farinose, entire, obtuse, margins revolute, umbels 1-2, superimosed, 2-6-flowered, flowers ca. 25mm across, lobes oblong, entire |
Size | 3-15cm |
Color | purple |
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 | Primula sinoplantaginea ssp. graminifolia (Pax. & K.Hoffm.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |