Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula tyrolensis Schott sect. Auricula |
Bibliography | Sippen Österr. Primeln: 13 (1851) |
Native Range | s. Alps |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1000-2300m |
Description | leaves 8-30mm, orbiculate to broadly ovate, margins with fine protuberances, flowers 2-30, 15-25mm across, with white eye, in umbel |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | lilac, purplish pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late spring |
Synonyms | Auricula-ursi tyrolensis (Schott) Soják Primula allionii var. tyrolensis (Schott) Arcang. Primula tyrolensis var. acuminata Tomas. Primula tyrolensis f. angusta Tomas. Primula tyrolensis ssp. bonapacis Tomas. Primula tyrolensis f. macrantha Tomas. Primula tyrolensis var. rotundata Tomas. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |