Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula oxygraphidifolia W.W.Sm. & Kingdon-Ward sect. Farinosae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 14: 50 (1923) |
Native Range | sc. China (sw. Sichuan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4000-5000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, broadly ovate to suborbiculate, 4-10mm long, succulent, glabrous, entire, obtuse, flowers solitary, 20-25m across, lobes obovate, deeply incised |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | lavender-blue, purplish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |