Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula asarifolia H.R.Fletcher sect. Obconica |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 52: 336 (1942) |
Native Range | sc. China (sw. Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 1600-2900m |
Description | leaves in rosettes, vaginate-petiolate, ovate-orbiculate to reniform, subglabrous, deeply cordate, obtuse, umbels 4-8-flowered, flowers 5-8mm across, lobes obovate-cuneate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
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 in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |