Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula tenuiloba (G.Watt) Pax sect. Minutissimae |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 204 (1888) |
Native Range | s. & se. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 4200-5400m |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, spathulate, lobate-dentate, teeth oblong, revolute, obtuse, flowers solitary, 15-20mm across, lobes narrowly obovate, bilobate |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | bright bluish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 tenuiloba (G.Watt) Soják Primula bella ssp. indobella (Balf.f. & W.W.Sm.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula indobella Balf.f. & W.W.Sm. Primula muscoides var. tenuiloba G.Watt |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |