Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula rotundifolia Wall. sect. Rotundifolia |
Bibliography | Fl. Ind. [W.Roxburgh] 2: 18 (1824) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 3500-5000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, suborbiculate, 4-12cm wide, abaxially yellow farinose, cordate, irregularly coarsely dentate, umbel 2-16-flowered, limb 12-19mm wide, lobes orbiculate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pale purplish pink |
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 after flowering |
Synonyms | Aleuritia rotundifolia (Wall.) Soják Primula cardiophylla Balf.f. & W.W.Sm. Primula cordata Balf.f. ex W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula cordifolia Pax Primula odontophylla Wall. Primula roxburghii N.P.Balakr. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |