| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Primula farinosa L. sect. Farinosae |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 143 (1753) |
| Native Range | Subarctic & Central Eurasia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, with involute margins, adaxially green, abaxially farinose, flowers 8-16mm across, 2-many, in umbel |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | lilac-pink |
| Bloom | spring |
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| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering |
| Synonyms | Aleuritia farinosa (L.) Opiz Aleuritia farinosa ssp. alpigena (O.Schwarz) Soják Androsace farinosa (L.) Spreng. Cankrienia farinosa (L.) Zoll Primula davurica Lehm. Primula exaltata Lehm. Primula farinosa f. alba (H.Hara) T.Yamaz. Primula farinosa ssp. alpigena O.Schwarz Primula farinosa var. americana Torr. Primula farinosa var. chrysophylla Trautv. & C.A.Mey. Primula farinosa var. commutata Behm Primula farinosa f. exscapa Wahlenb. Primula farinosa var. genuina Pax Primula farinosa var. koreana T.Yamaz. Primula farinosa var. leucophylla Trautv. & C.A.Mey. Primula farinosa var. nana E.S.Arnold & A.J.Richards Primula farinosa f. nivea (H.Hara) T.Yamaz. Primula farinosa var. pygmaea Gaudin Primula farinosa var. stricta Wahlenb. Primula farinosa ssp. xanthophylla (Trautv. & C.A.Mey.) Kitag. Primula farinosa var. xanthophylla Trautv. & C.A.Mey. Primula gigantea Lehm. Primula lepida Duby Primula modesta f. alba H.Hara Primula modesta f. nivea H.Hara Primula undulata Fisch. ex Rchb. Primula warei Stein |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, GRB Great Britain, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLT Baltic States, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, PRM Primorye) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHM Manchuria) 37 Mongolia |
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