Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula obliqua W.W.Sm. sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 26: 119 (1913) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-4600m |
Description | leaves winged-petiolate, lanceolate to narrowly obovate, 8-20cm, abaxially pale yellow farinose, regularly dentate, umbel 5-6-flowered, flowers 2-3cm across, lobes incised |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | pale yellow, white |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |