Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula geraldinae W.W.Sm. sect. Minutissimae |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 33: 116 (1941 |
Native Range | e. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3800-5000m |
Description | leaves in rosettes, petiolate, oblanceolate to broadly obovate, 5-10mm, abaxially yellow farinose, denticulate, obtuse, scape very short, 1-4-flowered, corolla 15-20mm |
Size | 1-3cm |
Color | rose-purple |
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 geraldinae (W.W.Sm.) Soják Primula rhodochroa var. geraldinae (W.W.Sm.) F.H.Chen & C.M.Hu |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |