Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula xanthobasis Al.Fed, sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | Fl. URSS 18: 727 (1952) |
Native Range | Siberia to Kamchatka and n. Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2100-2400m |
Description | glabrous, on base densely yellow farinose, leaves in rosette, broadly lanceolate, acute, winged petiolate, 5-7cm, flowers numerous in compact umbel, corolla ca. 2cm across |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | purple-violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 xanthobasis (Al.Fed.) Soják Primula nivalis ssp. subintegerrima (Regel) Vorosch. Primula nivalis var. subintegerrima Regel Primula nivalis ssp. xanthobasis (Al.Fed.) Halda Primula xanthobasis var. efarinosa Malyschev |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, TVA Tuva) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 37 Mongolia |