Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula craibiana Balf.f. & W.W.Sm. sect. Capitatae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 159 (1916) |
Native Range | se. Tibet to Sikkim |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-5000m |
Description | leaves in rosettes, long petiolate, narrowly oblanceolate, acute, denticulate, adaxially dark green, abaxially yellow farinose, flowers numerous in capitate umbel, corolla 15mm |
Size | 20-40cm |
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 in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Primula capitata ssp. craibiana (Balf.f. & W.W.Sm.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |