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Primula minor Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward sect. Nivales 
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FamilyPRIMULACEAE
Genus speciesPrimula minor Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward sect. Nivales
BibliographyNotes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 29 (1915)
Native Rangesc. China to se. Tibet
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatgrassland
Altitude4300-5000m
Descriptionleaves petiolate, spathulate and oblanceolate, 15-30mm, abaxially cream-yellow farinose, obtusely dentate, umbel 3-8-flowered, flowers ca. 2cm across, lobes elliptic, entire
Size5-10cm
Colorlavender-rose, violet
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C
division in spring just as young growth commences
SynonymsPrimula atuntzuensis Balf.f. & Forrest
Primula helvenacea Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward
Primula petraea Balf.f. & Forrest
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet)
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