Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula poluninii H.R.Fletcher sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 88: 488 (1963) |
Native Range | w. Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4600-5100m |
Description | leaves lanceolate to oblong, with distinct, pale midrib, dentate, abaxially farinose, to 18cm, flowers 5-12, 20-25mm across, in umbel, petals incised |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
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 | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal) |