Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula clusiana Tausch sect. Auricula |
Bibliography | Flora 4: 364 (1821) |
Native Range | ne. Alps |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 600-2500m |
Description | leaves oblong to obovate, 1-9cm long, coriaceous, adaxially dark green, flowers 1-4, with white eye, in umbel, petals emarginate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pinkish red |
Bloom | early summer |
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 cuttings of rosettes in late spring |
Synonyms | Auricula-ursi clusiana (Tausch) Soják Primula churchilii Gusmus ex Kolb Primula clusii Wiest ex Gaud. Primula clusiana var. acaulis Roth Primula clusiana var. crenigera Beck Primula spectabilis Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Primula spectabilis var. ciliata W.D.J.Koch |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, GER Germany) |