Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula muscarioides Hemsl. sect. Muscarioides |
Bibliography | Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907: 319 (1907) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet and Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4000-5000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, obovate-spathulate to lanceolate, 5-15cm, adaxially pilose, crenate-dentate, obtuse, inflorescence shortly spicate, many flowered, corolla infundibuliform |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | dark purplish blue |
Bloom | 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 spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Aleuritia muscarioides (Hemsl.) Soják Primula tsarongensis Balf.f. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |