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Primula rotundifolia Wall. sect. Rotundifolia 
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FamilyPRIMULACEAE
Genus speciesPrimula rotundifolia Wall. sect. Rotundifolia
BibliographyFl. Ind. [W.Roxburgh] 2: 18 (1824)
Native Ranges. Tibet to Himalaya
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatrocks
Altitude3500-5000m
Descriptionleaves petiolate, suborbiculate, 4-12cm wide, abaxially yellow farinose, cordate, irregularly coarsely dentate, umbel 2-16-flowered, limb 12-19mm wide, lobes orbiculate
Size10-30cm
Colorpale purplish pink
Bloomspring
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C
division after flowering
SynonymsAleuritia 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.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     36 China (CHT Tibet)
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya)
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