Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Dionysia tapetodes Bunge |
Bibliography | Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3. 16: 560 (1871) |
Native Range | s. Turkmenistan to Iran and nw. Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1000-3200m |
Description | leaves minute, pale green, spathulate or oblong, obtuse, truncate, glandular, efarinose, flowers solitary, sessile, calyx tubular, corolla glabrous, 5-6mm across |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | early spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe cuttings of rosettes in late spring |
Synonyms | Dionysia trinervia Wendelbo Primula tapetodes (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |