Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula silaensis Petitm. sect. Amethystina |
Bibliography | Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 7: 524 (1907) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Himalaya and Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3600-4800m |
Description | efarinose, glabrous, leaves petiolate, obovate, 1-2cm long, sharply dentate, obtuse, umbels 2-5-flowered, flowers 10-13mm across, campanulate, lobes obscurely emarginate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale pinkish purple |
Bloom | late summer |
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 |
Synonyms | Aleuritia silaensis (Petitm.) Soják |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |