Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula rusbyi Greene sect. Parryi |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 8: 122 (1881) |
Native Range | Arizona to New Mexico and n. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2200-3300m |
Description | leaves shortly winged petiolate, lanceolate to spathulate, 4-15cm, thick, distinctly denticulate, obtuse, glabrous, flowers 4-12, calyx cylindrical, corolla 15-25mm across |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | magenta |
Bloom | summer |
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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 after flowering |
Synonyms | Primula ellisiae Pollard & Cockerell Primula rusbyi var. ellisiae (Pollard & Cockerell) L.O.Williams Primula serra Small |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |