Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula virginis H.Lév. sect. Amethystina |
Bibliography | Monde Pl. 17: 1 (1915) |
Native Range | sc. China (ne. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 3300-3700m |
Description | efarinose, glabrous, leaves lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 15-50mm, minutely brown punctate, subentire, acute, umbels 1-2, superimposed, 2-4-flowered, flowers 13mm across |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | bluish purple |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Primula leimonophylla Balf.f. Primula petrophyes Balf.f. Primula virginis ssp. petrophyes (Balf.f.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |