Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula pulchella Franch. sect. Farinosae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 35: 429 (1888) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 2000-4500m |
Description | leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 3-15cm, abaxially yellow farinose, denticulate, margins narrowly reflexed, umbels 3-30-flowered, flowers 15-20mm across, lobes obovate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | violet, purplish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering |
Synonyms | Aleuritia pulchella (Franch.) Soják Primula compsantha Balf.f. & Forrest Primula pulchella ssp. compsantha (Balf.f. & Forrest) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula pulchelloides Kingdon-Ward ex Balf.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |