Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula aromatica W.W.Sm. & Forrest sect. Malacoides |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 14: 32 (1923) |
Native Range | sc. China (nw. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2800-3300m |
Description | leaves in rosette, petiolate, ovate to suborbiculate, 15-40mm, shallowly cordate, lobate, racemes solitary, lax, 1-5-flowered, flowers 14-18mm across, lobes emarginate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bluish pink, pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |