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Primula brevicula Balf.f. & Forrest sect. Nivales 
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FamilyPRIMULACEAE
Genus speciesPrimula brevicula Balf.f. & Forrest sect. Nivales
BibliographyNotes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 150 (1916)
Native Rangesc. China (Yunnan)
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocks
Altitude3900-4200m
Descriptioncaespitose, white farinose, leaves petiolate, broadly elliptic, obtuse, serrate, adaxially sparsely farinose, flowers in umbel, calyx campanulate, corolla lobes obovate
Size8-15cm
Colorblue
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C
division in spring just as young growth commences
SynonymsPrimula chionantha ssp. brevicula (Balf.f. & Forrest) A.J.Richards
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     36 China (CHC China South-Central)
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