Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula bracteosa Craib sect. Petiolares |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 6: 250 (1917) |
Native Range | Assam to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2300-2700m |
Description | inner leaves petiolate, ovate to oblong-ovate, 3-6cm, sparsely farinose, irregularly dentate, flowers in umbel, corolla 25-30mm across, lobes broadly obovate, dentate |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | pinkish lilac |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |