Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula gracilipes Craib sect. Petiolares |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 6: 252 (1917) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4100m |
Description | inner leaves petiolate, elliptic to spathulate, 3-7cm long, erose-denticulate, obtuse, flowers many, in leaf rosette, limb 15-30mm across, lobes broadly obovate, tridentate |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | pinkish purple |
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 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |