Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula glabra Klatt sect. Farinosae |
Bibliography | Linnaea 37: 500 (1872) |
Native Range | se. Tibet to c. & e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-5000m |
Description | leaves elliptic to spathulate, 1-3cm long, irregularly denticulate, obtuse, umbel capitate, 2-9-flowered, flowers 4-7mm across, lobes broadly obovate, deeply incised |
Size | 2-8cm |
Color | bluish violet, 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 after flowering |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |