Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Omphalogramma elegans Forrest |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 14: 55 (1923) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Altitude | 3200-4700m |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 4-6cm long, adaxially long white hirsute, entire, obtuse, flowers solitary, infundibuliform, 4-6cm long, lobes bilobate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | dark purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Primula franchetii ssp. elegans (Forrest) Halda |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |