Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula specuicola Rydb. sect. Farinosae |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 461 (1913) |
Native Range | Arizona to Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 800-2500m |
Description | densely white farinose, leaves obscurely petiolate, spathulate, 8-15cm, thin, irregularly sharply dentate, flowers 10-25, calyx campanulate, corolla 10-16mm across |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | lavender-blue |
Bloom | summer |
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 after flowering |
Synonyms | Primula farinosa ssp. specuicola (Rydb.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula hunnewellii Fernald |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) |