Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula moschophora Balf.f. & Forrest sect. Minutissimae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 186 (1916) |
Native Range | sc. China to n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-3800m |
Description | caespitose, farinose, stoloniferous, leaves in rosette, oblong, obtuse, dentate-lobate, winged petiolate, flowers solitary, calyx campanulate, corolla 10-15mm across |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | purple pink |
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 | Aleuritia moschophora (Balf.f. & Forrest) Soják Primula bella var. moschophora (Balf.f. & Forrest) S.K.Basak & Maiti Primula bella ssp. moschophora (Balf.f. & Forrest) W.W.Sm. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |