Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula brevicula Balf.f. & Forrest sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 150 (1916) |
Native Range | sc. China (Yunnan) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3900-4200m |
Description | caespitose, white farinose, leaves petiolate, broadly elliptic, obtuse, serrate, adaxially sparsely farinose, flowers in umbel, calyx campanulate, corolla lobes obovate |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
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 |
Synonyms | Primula chionantha ssp. brevicula (Balf.f. & Forrest) A.J.Richards |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |