Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula agleniana Balf.f. & Forrest sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 3 (1920) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 4000-4500m |
Description | leaves petiolate, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 10-25cm, abaxially green-yellow farinose, laciniate-dentate, acute, umbel 2-5-flowered, flowers 3-4cm, lobes orbiculate |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | pink, white, yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Primula agleniana var. alba Forrest Primula agleniana var. atrocrocea Kingdon-Ward |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |