Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula valentiniana Hand.-Mazz. sect. Amethystina |
Bibliography | Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss.Kl. 59: 249 (1922) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Tibet and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3800-4200m |
Description | efarinose, leaves winged petiolate, obovate to oblanceolate, 1-3cm, remotely denticulate, acute, flowers 1-2, broadly campanulate without distinct tube, 14-16mm across |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | dark wine red |
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 | Aleuritia valentiniana (Hand.-Mazz.) Soják |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |