Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula brevifolia Forrest sect. Amethystina |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 4: 229 (1908) |
Native Range | sc. China to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3400-5000m |
Description | glabrous, efarinose, leaves broadly ovate-elliptic, shortly broadly petiolate, serrate, flowers in secund umbel, corolla tubular-campanulate, 6-10mm, petals laciniate |
Size | 8-20cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
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 amethystina ssp. brevifolia (Forrest) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula sikangensis F.H.Chen |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |