Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula graveolens Hegetschw. sect. Auricula |
Bibliography | Fl. Schweiz: 194 (1839) |
Native Range | sw. & c. Alps |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves ovate-lanceolate, petiolate, on both faces sparsely shortly hirsute, on margins glandular-hirsute, flowers in secund umbel, minute, 10-15mm across |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | spring |
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 cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Primula alpina Loisel. Primula cynoglossifolia (Widmer) Landolt Primula hirsuta ssp. graveolens (Hegetschw.) Nyman Primual latifolia var. cynoglossifolia Widmer Primula latifolia ssp. cynoglossifolia (Widmer) Li Bing Zhang Primula latifolia ssp. elisabethae Kress Primula latifolia ssp. graveolens (Hegetschw.) Rouy Primula viscosa var. cuneata Widmer Primula viscosa f. cynoglossifolia (Widmer) Pax Primula viscosa f. graveolens (Hegetschw.) Pax Primula viscosa ssp. graveolens (Hegetschw.) Bonnier & Layens |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |