Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula candicans W.W.Sm. sect. Minutissimae |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 35: 190 (1950) |
Native Range | se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 4100-4200m |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, obovate to spathulate, 2-3cm, abaxially yellow farinose, denticulate in upper half, flowers 1-4, 1-2cm across, lobes obovate, deeply incised |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | bluish purple |
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 division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |