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Primula egaliksensis Wormsk. sect. Farinosae 
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FamilyPRIMULACEAE
Genus speciesPrimula egaliksensis Wormsk. sect. Farinosae
BibliographyFl. Dan. [G.C.Oeder & al., eds.] 9: t. 1511 (1816)
Native Rangen. Iceland, Greenland, n. Russian Far East to Subarctic America and nw. USA
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitattundra
Descriptionleaves thin, ovate to obovate, petiolate, entire, calyx cylindrical, 4-6mm, sepals glandular ciliate, corolla lobes broadly cuneate and deeply incised
Size5-15cm
Colorwhite, lavender
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C
division after flowering
SynonymsPrimula 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.
Territory0 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)
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