Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula scapigera (Hook.f.) Craib sect. Petiolares |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 6: 251 (1917) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 2900-3700m |
Description | leaves oblong-spathulate to ovate, 2-7cm long, dentate, flowers with yellow eye, 25-30mm across, in umbel, lobes broadly obovate, at apex distinctly dentate |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | early spring |
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 |
Synonyms | Primula petiolaris var. scapigera Hook.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |