Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula egaliksensis Wormsk. sect. Farinosae |
Bibliography | Fl. Dan. [G.C.Oeder & al., eds.] 9: t. 1511 (1816) |
Native Range | n. Iceland, Greenland, n. Russian Far East to Subarctic America and nw. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
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 | 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 after flowering |
Synonyms | Primula egaliksensis f. violacea Fernald Primula farinosa ssp. groenlandica (Warm.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula farinosa var. groenlandica (Warm.) Pax Primula groenlandica (Warm.) A.W.Hill Primula sibirica var. minor Duby Primula stricta var. groenlandica Warm. |
Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (ICE Iceland) 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NFL Newfoundland, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) |