Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Androsace globifera Duby sect. Chamaejasme |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 8: 48 (1844) |
Native Range | sw. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-4700m |
Description | rosettes spherical, 4-8mm, leaves sessile, imbricate, inner leaves spathulate to linear, 4-5mm, densely white lanate, flowers 1-2, 6-8mm across, lobes broadly obovate, rounded |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | pinkish |
Bloom | spring, early 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 early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Primula globifera (Duby) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |