Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Omphalogramma elwesianum (King ex G.Watt) Franch. |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 45: 179 (1898) |
Native Range | se. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3600-4000m |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, oblanceolate, 2-10cm, glabrous, entire or obscurely denticulate, obtuse, flowers solitary, infundibuliform, 20-35mm across, lobes ciliate, incised |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | 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 after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Omphalogramma elwesianum var. assamicum H.R.Fletcher Primula elwesiana King ex G.Watt |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |