Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula hookeri G.Watt sect. Petiolares |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 14 (1882) |
Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya and Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3800-5000m |
Description | leaves subsessile, 15-40mm, oblong-obovate to spathulate, obtuse, umbel 2-3-flowered, flowers 7-10mm across, lobes oblong, erect |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white, bluish violet |
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 vernicosa Kingdon-Ward ex Balf.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |