Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula advena W.W.Sm. sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 19: 311 (1938) |
Native Range | e. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 4000-4600m |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, oblanceolate to obovate, 6-15cm, efarinose, dentate to serrate, umbels 1-3, superimposed, 5-12-flowered, flowers 15-20mm, lobes oblong, reflexed |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | purple, yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 advena var. argentata W.W.Sm. Primula advena var. concolor W.W.Sm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |