Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula cunninghamii King ex Craib sect. Petiolares |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 6: 250 (1917) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3300-4300m |
Description | leaves numerous, oblong-spathulate to obovate, 2-11cm, erose-denticulate, flowers numerous in leaf rosette, corolla 10-15mm across, lobes obovate, deeply incised |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | purplish rose |
Bloom | late summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |