Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Dionysia archibaldii Wendelbo |
Bibliography | Bot. Not. 120: 145 (1967) |
Native Range | w. Iran (Zagros Mts.) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 2600-4300m |
Description | leaves oblong-elliptic, 4-8mm long, shortly glandular hirsute, yellow farinose, obscurely dentate, flowers solitary, sessile, 12-16mm across, floral tube 12-14mm long |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pinkish violet |
Bloom | early spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe cuttings of rosettes in late spring |
Synonyms | Dionysia sawyeri (G.Watt) Wendelbo Primula sawyeri G.Watt |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |