Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula chumbiensis W.W.Sm. sect. Sikkimensis |
Bibliography | Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 26: 118 (1913) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 5000-5300m |
Description | leaves oblong to elliptic, 1-4cm, coriaceous, dentate, purple-green, long petiolate, flowers 2-7, 10-15mm across, pendent, in umbel, lobes obovate to elliptic, entire |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late 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 chumbiensis (W.W.Sm.) Soják |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |