Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula septemloba Franch. sect. Geranioides |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 32: 265 (1885) |
Native Range | sc. China to s. Tibet and e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 2400-4000m |
Description | leaves softly hirsute, orbiculate to ovate, deeply and irregularly dentate and lobate, cordate, long petiolate, flowers pendent, pedicellate, in umbel, petals incised |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | dark purplish rose |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering |
Synonyms | Primula septemloba var. minor Kingdon-Ward |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |