Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula tsariensis W.W.Sm. sect. Petiolares |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 19: 211 (1937) |
Native Range | se. Tibet to Bhutan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-5000m |
Description | leaves elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, winged petiolate, regularly crenate, obtuse, scapes efarinose, umbels 2-8-flowered, calyx campanulate, corolla 15-30mm across |
Size | 2-30cm |
Color | pinkish purple, yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Primula tanneri ssp. tsariensis (W.W.Sm.) A.J.Richards |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |