Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula cuneifolia Ledeb. sect. Cuneifolia |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg Hist. Acad. 5: 522 (1815) |
Native Range | e. Siberia to n. Japan, Aleutian Islands to Alaska |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 0-2100m |
Description | leaves carnose, sessile, spathulate to obovate, 2-7cm long, acute, at base cuneate, sharply dentate, glabrous, flowers in umbel, corolla crateriform with yellow eye, 15-18mm |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | purple, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Primula cuneifolia var. dubyi Pax Primula cuneifolia var. elongata E.A.Busch Primula cuneifolia f. leucantha H.Hara Primula hyperborea Spreng. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska) |