Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula strumosa Balf.f & R.E.Cooper sect. Petiolares |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 201 (1916) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3100-4300m |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, oblanceolate to oblong, 5-30cm, crenate to denticulate, umbel 6-10-flowered, flowers 15-25mm across, lobes suborbicular, crenate to emarginate |
Size | 7-20cm |
Color | yellow |
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 |
Synonyms | Primula calderiana ssp. strumosa (Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper) A.J.Richards Primula calderiana var. strumosa (Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper) S.K.Basak & al. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |