Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula caveana W.W.Sm. sect. Rotundifolia |
Bibliography | Rec. Bot. Surv. India 4: 218 (1911) |
Native Range | s. & se. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 4600-5700m |
Description | leaves petiolate, oblong to suborbiculate, 1-8cm, abaxially white farinose, adaxially glandular strigose, dentate, flowers 1-9, ca. 15mm across, lobes obovate to suborbiculate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Aleuritia caveana (W.W.Sm.) Soják Primula cana Balf.f. & Cave Primula younghusbandiana Balf.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |