Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula youngeriana W.W.Sm. sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 52: 340 (1942) |
Native Range | e. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4900-5000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, elliptic to oblanceolate, 10-14cm, white farinose, regularly crenate, obtuse, umbel 2-6-flowered, flowers 2-3cm across, lobes oblong-elliptic, entire |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | dark bluish violet |
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 division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |