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FamilyPRIMULACEAE
Genus speciesAndrosace delavayi Franch. 
BibliographyJ. Bot. (Morot) 9: 456 (1895)
Native Rangesc. China to Nepal and n. Myanmar
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocks and scree
Altitude3000-5300m
Descriptionleaves sessile, grey-green, obovate, 2-4mm, glabrous, obtuse, flowers 1-4, sepals ovate-oblong, ciliate, hirsute, corolla lobes broadly obovate, undistinctly emarginate
Size1-3cm
Colorpink, white
Bloomspring, early summer
Ca
Typesubshrub
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsPrimula delavayi (Franch.) K.K.Khanna & An.Kumar
Primula przewalskii Derganc
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal)
     41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar)
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