Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula bellidifolia King ex Hook.f. sect. Muscarioides |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 3: 486 (1882) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to Bhutan and Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4200-5300m |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, oblanceolate to oblong, 6-18cm, pubescent, shallowly obtuse-dentate, obtuse, inflorescence capitate, 7-15-flowered, flowers 4-8mm across, lobes obovate |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | bluish violet |
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 in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Aleuritia bellidifolia (King ex Hook.f.) Soják Aleuritia hyacinthina (W.W.Sm.) Soják Primula adenantha Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper Primula albiflos Kingdon-Ward Primula atricapilla Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper Primula bellidifolia ssp. adenantha (Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula bellidifolia var. albiflos (Kingdon-Ward) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula bellidifolia ssp. atricapilla (Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula bellidifolia ssp. hyacinthina (W.W.Sm.) A.J.Richards Primula hyacinthina W.W.Sm. Primula menziesiana Balf.f. & W.W.Sm. Primula micropetala Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |