Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula geraniifolia Hook.f. sect. Geranioides |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India 3: 484 (1882) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. & c. Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 2800-4600m |
Description | leaves hirsute, orbiculate to cordate, 3-8cm long and wide, sharply 7-9-lobate, petiole thin, to 8cm long, flowers 2-12 in lax umbel, limb 1-2cm across, lobes incised |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | pink, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering |
Synonyms | Auganthus geraniifolius (Hook.f.) Soják Primula heucherifolia ssp. humicola (Balf.f. & Forrest) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula humicola Balf.f. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |