Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula tangutica Duthie sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 38: 42 (1905) |
Native Range | c. China to e. Qinghai |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3300-4700m |
Description | leaves petiolate, elliptic to lanceolate, 4-15cm, minutely brown punctate, denticulate, umbels 1-3, superimposed, 5-9-flowered, flowers 15-20mm, lobes very reflexed, linear |
Size | 20-60cm |
Color | crimson, yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Primula silenantha Pax & K.Hoffm. Primula tangutica var. serrata W.W.Sm. & H.R.Fletcher |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) |