Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula reticulata Wall. sect. Sikkimensis |
Bibliography | Fl. Ind. [W.Roxburgh] 2: 21 (1824) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2900-5000m |
Description | leaves long petiolate, ovate-oblong to oblong, 2-10cm, glabrous, dentate, umbels 4-12-flowered, flowers 1-2cm across, lobes obovate to obovate-oblong, entire |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | creamy yellow, 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 didyma (W.W.Sm.) Soják Aleuritia reticulata (Wall.) Soják Primula altissima D.Don Primula didyma W.W.Sm. Primula reticulata var. didyma (W.W.Sm.) A.J.Richards Primula speciosa D.Don |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |