Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula minima L. sect. Auricula |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 143 (1753) |
Native Range | Alps to Carpathians |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1200-3000m |
Description | leaves cuneate, 5-30mm, shiny green, apically dentate, shortly petiolate, flowers 1-2, with white eye, 15-30mm across, petals incised |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | bright pink, white |
Bloom | spring |
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 cuttings of rosettes in late spring |
Synonyms | Aretia minima (L.) Link Aretia truncata Link Auricula minima (L.) Spach Auricula villosa Spach Auricula-ursi minima (L.) Soják Kablikia minima (L.) Opiz Kablikia truncata (Lehm.) Opiz Primula minima f. alba Bercht. & J.Presl Primula minima f. caulescens Wimm. & Grab. Primula minima var. caulescens Wimm. & Grab. Primula minima f. fimbriata Tausch Primula minima var. multidentata Sünd. Primula minima f. subacaulis Wimm. & Grab. Primula minima var. subacaulis Wimm. & Grab. Primula pseudoforsteri Dalla Torre & Sarnth. Primula sauteri Schultz Primula truncata Lehm. |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, POL Poland) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (UKR Ukraine) |