Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula duthieana Balf.f. & W.W.Sm. sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 164 (1916) |
Native Range | ne. Pakistan to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 3800-4500m |
Description | leaves numerous, lanceolate to lorate, margins farinose, flowers in umbel, up to 30, scape in fruit elongate |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Primula moorcroftiana var. flavida W.W.Sm. Primula nivalis macrophylla Farrer |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |