Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula inopinata H.R.Fletcher sect. Muscarioides |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 52: 339 (1942) |
Native Range | sc. China (Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2900-3000m |
Description | efarinose, leaves shortly petiolate, oblong, 3-6cm, pinnatilobate, obtuse, lobes irregularly dentate, scapes pubescent, flowers 8-10 in short raceme, corolla ca. 15mm |
Size | 15-18cm |
Color | deep blue-violet |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
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) |