Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula walshii Craib sect. Minutissimae |
Bibliography | J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 39: 190 (1913) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3800-5400m |
Description | efarinose, leaves oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 8-15mm, shortly glandular pubescent, scabrous, entire, flowers 1-4, 5-8mm across, lobes broadly obovate, deeply incised |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | pink, pale bluish purple |
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 walshii (Craib) Soják Primula hsiungiana W.P.Fang Primula petrocharis Pax & K.Hoffm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |