Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula mooreana Balf.f. & W.W.Sm. sect. Capitatae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 183 (1916) |
Native Range | Tibet to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2700-5000m |
Description | white farinose, leaves in rosettes, to 15cm, oblong-obovate, petiolate, rounded, denticulate, adaxially green, flowers numerous in capitate cyme, ca. 1cm |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | purple-violet |
Bloom | spring, early 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 in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Primula capitata ssp. mooreana (Balf.f. & W.W.Sm.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |