Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula alcalina Cholewa & Douglass M.Hend. sect. Farinosae |
Bibliography | Brittonia 36: 59 (1984) |
Native Range | Idaho to Montana |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1800-2100m |
Description | leaves pale green, corrugate, 1-4cm, elliptic, petiolate, flowers erect, 3-10 in dense cluster, corolla lobes 8-12mm, distinctly emarginate, calyx campanulate |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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 after flowering |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana) |