Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula egaliksensis Wormsk. sect. Farinosae |
Synonyms | Primula groenlandica (Warm.) A.W.Hill |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | arctic-alpine |
Description | leaves thin, ovate to obovate, petiolate, entire, calyx cylindrical, 4-6mm, sepals glandular ciliate, corolla lobes broadly cuneate and deeply incised |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white, lavender |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | tuft |
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 after flowering |
Territory |
Circumpolar
Europe Northern Europe (Iceland ) Asia-Temperate Russian Far East (Magadan ) Northern America Subarctic America (Aleutian Is. , Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon ) Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba ) Eastern Canada (Labrador , Ontario , Québec ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Wyoming) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PRIMULACEAE
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