Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula parryi A.Gray sect. Parryi |
Bibliography | Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 34: 257 (1862) |
Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 2700-4200m |
Description | leaves shortly winged petiolate, broadly lanceolate to oblong-obovate, thick, subentire, glabrous, flowers 5-25, calyx cylindrical, corolla 10-25mm across, lobes emarginate |
Size | 15-50cm |
Color | magenta |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering |
Synonyms | Primula mucronata Greene Primula mucronata var. arizonica Greene Primula parryi var. brachyantha Rydb. Primula parryi f. mucronata Cockerell |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |