Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula hypoleuca Hand.-Mazz. sect. Malacoides |
Bibliography | Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 57: 238 (1920) |
Native Range | sc. China (Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 1900-2000m |
Description | farinose, glabrous, leaves petiolate, oblong to elliptic, crenate, rounded, umbels 1-3, superimposed, 4-10-flowered, flowers 8-15mm across, lobes broadly obovate, emarginate |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | spring |
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 in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Primula forbesii ssp. hypoleuca (Hand.-Mazz.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |