Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula sessilis Royle ex Craib sect. Petiolares |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 6: 256 (1917) |
Native Range | Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2100-3600m |
Description | leaves erect, orbiculate to ovate-cordate, 4-6cm long, dark veined, flowers ca. 25mm across, solitary, shortly pedicellate, with yellow eye, petals acuminate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale lilac-rose |
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 |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |