Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula hidakana Miyabe & Kudô sect. Reinii |
Bibliography | Iconogr. Pl. Asiae Orient. 1: 16 (1935) |
Native Range | Japan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves long petiolate, orbiculate, 1-5cm, deeply cordate, with 7 large, shallow teeth, glabrous, flowers 1-3 in umbel, corolla crateriform, with yellow eye, 25-30mm across |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | late spring |
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 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |