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Primula virginis H.Lév. sect. Amethystina 
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FamilyPRIMULACEAE
Genus speciesPrimula virginis H.Lév. sect. Amethystina
BibliographyMonde Pl. 17: 1 (1915)
Native Rangesc. China (ne. Yunnan)
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatshady rocks
Altitude3300-3700m
Descriptionefarinose, glabrous, leaves lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 15-50mm, minutely brown punctate, subentire, acute, umbels 1-2, superimposed, 2-4-flowered, flowers 13mm across
Size5-15cm
Colorbluish purple
Bloomlate spring
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationshady, humous, rock crevices
alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C
division in spring just as young growth commences
SynonymsPrimula leimonophylla Balf.f.
Primula petrophyes Balf.f.
Primula virginis ssp. petrophyes (Balf.f.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     36 China (CHC China South-Central)
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