Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula apennina Widmer sect. Auricula |
Bibliography | Eur. Art. Primula: 48 (1891) |
Native Range | Italy (Mt. Orsaro) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1400-2000m |
Description | leaves broadly elliptic, in upper half shallowly dentate, 25-65mm long, shortly glandular hirsute, flowers with white eye, 5-12, to 25mm across, in dense umbel |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | lilac, pink |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
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 spring |
Synonyms | Auricula-ursi apennina (Widmer) Soják Primula pedemontana ssp. apennina (Widmer) Kress Primula villosa var. apennina (Widmer) Fiori |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy) |