Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Dionysia balsamea Wendelbo & Rech.f. |
Bibliography | Aarbok Univ. Bergen, Mat.-Naturvidensk. Ser. 19: 7 (1964) |
Native Range | wc. Afghanistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1500-2800m |
Description | rosettes of light green, hirsute leaves, abaxially intensely white farinose, flowers 10-18mm across, axillary, petals broadly oval, entire |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | whitish yellow |
Bloom | early spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe cuttings of rosettes in late spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |