Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Dionysia janthina Bornm. |
Bibliography | Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 70 (1889) |
Native Range | c. Iran (Yazd Prov.) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1900-2100m |
Description | leaves in rosette, densely imbricate, obovate, entire, uninerved, abaxially densely grey pilose, adaxially yellowish hirsute, flowers solitary, sessile, sepals obtuse |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe cuttings of rosettes in late spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |