Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula borealis Duby sect. Farinosae |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 8: 43 (1844) |
Native Range | nc. & e. Siberia to Russian Far East, Subarctic America |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 0-500m |
Description | leaves obscurely petiolate, spathulate to rhombic, 1-4cm, crenate to remotely denticulate, glabrous, flowers 3-10, calyx campanulate, corolla 8-16mm, lobes emarginate |
Size | 2-10cm |
Color | lavender-blue |
Bloom | spring |
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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 after flowering |
Synonyms | Aleuritia borealis (Duby) Soják Primula ajanensis Duby Primula borealis var. ajanensis (E.A.Busch) Hultén Primula chamissonis E.A.Busch Primula parvifolia Duby Primula sibirica var. borealis (Duby) Kurtz Primiula tenuis Small |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (KRA Krasnoyarsk, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |