Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula glomerata Pax sect. Capitatae |
Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed.] IV, 237: 92 (1905) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3100-5700m |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, oblong to oblanceolate, 3-15cm, abaxially minutely glandular, erose-denticulate, obtuse, flowers 6-10mm across, lobes obovate, deeply bilobate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | autumn |
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 |
Synonyms | Aleuritia glomerata (Pax) Soják Primula crispa Balf.f. & W.W.Sm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |