Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula waltonii G.Watt ex Balf.f. sect. Sikkimensis |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 57 (1915) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3900-5300m |
Description | leaves petiolate, elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, 4-18cm, efarinose, erose-dentate, obtuse, umbels 4-20-flowered, flowers 5-15mm across, lobes suborbiculate, entire |
Size | 20-70cm |
Color | dark wine purple, pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 waltonii (G.Watt ex Balf.f.) Soják Primula prionotes Balf.f. & G.Watt Primula vinosa Stapf Primula waltonii ssp. prionotes (Balf.f. & G.Watt) W.W.Sm. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |