Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula irregularis Craib sect. Petiolares |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 6: 253 (1917) |
Native Range | se. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 2700-3500m |
Description | leaves oblong to elliptic, dentate, abaxially yellow farinose, to 12cm, flowers 12-20, 15-25mm across, with yellow eye, in umbel, usually amongst leaves |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
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 in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |