Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula euosma Craib sect. Petiolares |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 11: 172 (1919) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 3000-4700m |
Description | leaves subsessile, elliptic to obovate, glabrous, denticulate, umbel solitary, 2-10-flowered, flowers 20-25mm across, lobes broadly obovate, emarginate |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | dark bluish purple, rose |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |