Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula calthifolia W.W.Sm. sect. Petiolares |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15: 300 (1927) |
Native Range | se. Tibet to e. Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 3900-4000m |
Description | efarinose, leaves suborbiculate, 4-8cm, irregularly dentate, long petiolate, flowers 3-7 in umbel, flowers 15-20mm across, lobes oblong to obovate, emarginate |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | bright yellow |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |