Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula hopeana Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper sect. Sikkimensis |
Bibliography | Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 27: 236 (1918) |
Native Range | se. Tibet to e. Himalaya and Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | alluvial gravel |
Altitude | 3800-4500m |
Description | leaves to 15cm, oblong or oblanceolate, dentate, rounded, long winged petiolate, adaxially dark green, flowers 3-6 in umbel, calyx tubular, corolla ca. 1cm |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Primula ioessa var. hopeana (Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper) A.J.Richards Primula sikkimensis var. hopeana (Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper) W.W.Sm. & H.R.Fletcher Primula sikkimensis ssp, hopeana (Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper) W.W.Sm. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |