Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula stricta Hornem. sect. Farinosae |
Bibliography | Fl. Dan. [G.C.Oeder & al., eds.] 8: t. 1385 (1810) |
Native Range | Subarctic |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | leaves oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, 1-3cm long, entire or denticulate, abaxially green, scape rigid, efarinose, flowers with yellow eye |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | lilac, violet |
Bloom | spring |
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 after flowering |
Synonyms | Aleuritia stricta (Hornem.) Soják Androsace farinosa var. stricta (Hornem.) Roth Androsace stricta (Hornem.) Hartm. Primula farinosa var. hornemanniana (Lehm.) Pax Primula farinosa ssp. hornemanniana (Lehm.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula farinosa var. stricta (Hornem.) Wahlenb. Primula glabrescens (F.Nyl. ex Nyl. & Saell.) Nyman Primula hornemanniana Lehm. Primula stricta var. glabrescens F.Nyl. ex Nyl. & Saell. |
Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, ICE Iceland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (WSB West Siberia) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories) 71 Western Canada (MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) |