Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula muscoides Hook.f. ex G.Watt sect. Minutissimae |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 15 (1882) |
Native Range | se. Tibet to e. Himalaya and c. Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 4000-5300m |
Description | leaves sessile, oblong-cuneate to obovate, 5-10mm, glabrous, efarinose, truncate, sharply dentate, flowers solitary, ca. 5mm across, lobes erect, narrowly oblong, deeply incised |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | pinkish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Aleuritia muscoides (Hook.f. ex G.Watt) Soják |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |