Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula minor Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 29 (1915) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4300-5000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, spathulate and oblanceolate, 15-30mm, abaxially cream-yellow farinose, obtusely dentate, umbel 3-8-flowered, flowers ca. 2cm across, lobes elliptic, entire |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | lavender-rose, 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 atuntzuensis Balf.f. & Forrest Primula helvenacea Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward Primula petraea Balf.f. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |