Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula littledalei Balf.f. & G.Watt sect. Rotundifolia |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 179 (1916) |
Native Range | s. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 4300-5000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, orbiculate to reniform, 1-8cm wide, abaxially white farinose, adaxially strigose, cordate, coarsely dentate, umbel 3-15-flowered, limb 15-20mm across |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | lilac, pale purple, pink |
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 consocia (W.W.Sm.) Soják Aleuritia littledalei (Balf.f. & G.Watt) Soják Primula consocia W.W.Sm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |