Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula ioessa W.W.Sm. sect. Sikkimensis |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 19: 216 (1937) |
Native Range | se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-4200m |
Description | leaves petiolate, narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, 6-20cm, serrate to incised, umbels 2-8-flowered, flowers 20-25mm across, lobes broadly obovate, incised |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pink, violet, white |
Bloom | 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 | Aleuritia ioessa (W.W.Sm.) Soják Primula sikkimensis var. subpinnatifida (W.W.Sm.) W.W.Sm. Primula sikkimensis ssp. subpinnatifida W.W.Sm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |