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Primula gracilipes Craib sect. Petiolares 
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FamilyPRIMULACEAE
Genus speciesPrimula gracilipes Craib sect. Petiolares
BibliographyNotes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 6: 252 (1917)
Native Ranges. Tibet to Himalaya
Primary BiomeSubalpine
Habitatgrassland
Altitude3500-4100m
Descriptioninner leaves petiolate, elliptic to spathulate, 3-7cm long, erose-denticulate, obtuse, flowers many, in leaf rosette, limb 15-30mm across, lobes broadly obovate, tridentate
Size1-2cm
Colorpinkish purple
Bloomspring
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationhumous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C
division in spring just as young growth commences
SynonymsPrimula gracilipes var. searightii Craib
Primula gracilipes ssp. sulphurea (Hook.f.) A.J.Richards
Primula nana G.Watt
Primula petiolaris var. sulphurea Hook.f.
Primula scullyi Craib
Primula sulphurea (Hook.f.) Craib
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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