Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula bryophila Balf. & Farrer sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 5 (1920) |
Native Range | sc. China to n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3800-4500m |
Description | yellow farinose, leaves in rosettes, subligulate, winged petiolate, floral scapes glabrous, flowers in umbel, calyx campanulate, sepals lanceolate, corolla infundibuliform |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring, early 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 | Primula calliantha ssp. bryophila (Balf.f. & Farrer) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula calliantha var. nuda Farrer & W.W.Sm. Primula junior Balf.f. & Forrest Primula proba Balf.f. & Forrest Primula shweli-calliantha Balf.f. & Forrest Primula tribola Balf.f. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |