Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula wattii King ex G.Watt sect. Soldanelloides |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 10 (1882) |
Native Range | se. Tibet to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves membranous, oblong-lanceolate, petiolate, coarsely crenate-dentate, hirsute, glabrescent, scapes glabrous, many flowered, flowers pendent, sessile, ca. 15mm across |
Size | 12-15cm |
Color | violet |
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 | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |