Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula nivalis Pall. sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 723 (1776) |
Native Range | Siberia to Central Asia and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, elliptic to oblong, 6-16cm dlouhé, regularly obtuse-denticulate, obtuse to acute, umbel 8-20-flowered, flowers 15-25mm across, lobes oblong, entire |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | purple, violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Aleuritia nivalis (Pall.) Soják Primula nivalis eximia Farrer Primula nivalis lineariloba Farrer Primula nivalis sinopurpurea Farrer Primula orientalis Willd. Primula spathulata Royle Primula stuartii Hook.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |