Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula pinnatifida Franch. sect. Muscarioides |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 32: 271 (1885) |
Native Range | sc. China |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3600-4200m |
Description | leaves oblong-spathulate to elliptic, shortly petiolate, regularly dentate, finely hirsute, flowers small in short heads, fragrant, limb 5-10mm across, lobes entire |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | bluish purple |
Bloom | 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 mairei (H.Lév.) Soják Aleuritia pinnatifida (Franch.) Soják Primula cephalantha Balf.f. Primula lepta Balf.f. & Forrest Primula mairei H.Lév. Primula pinnatifida ssp. cephalantha (Balf.f.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |