Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula calliantha Franch. sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 32: 368 (1886) |
Native Range | sc. China (w. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3900-4200m |
Description | leaves petiolate, narrowly ovate to oblanceolate, 3-9cm, abaxially green-yellow farinose, crenate, obtuse, umbels 3-10-flowered, flowers 2-3cm, lobes obovate, emarginate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pink, purple, yellow |
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 in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |