Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula lithophila F.H.Chen & C.M.Hu sect. Malacoides |
Bibliography | Acta Bot. Austro Sin. 6: 4 (1990) |
Native Range | sc. China (nw. Guizhou) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Description | leaves petiolate, orbiculate to broadly ovate, 2-6cm wide, remotely crenulate, obtuse, umbels 1-3, superimposed, 2-6-flowered, flowers 5-8mm across, lobes obovate, incised |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, 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 (CHC China South-Central) |