Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula aemula Balf.f & Forrest sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 2 (1915) |
Native Range | sc. China |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4000-4600m |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, elliptic to oblanceolate, 1-3cm, crenate-denticulate, obtuse, umbels 2-4, superimposed, 4-8-flowered, flowers 15-30mm, lobes ovate to ovate-oblong |
Size | 30-70cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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) |