Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Omphalogramma forrestii Balf.f. |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 23 (1920) |
Native Range | sc. China |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, oblong-obovate, 4-10cm, glandular-ciliate, adaxially glabrous, remotely denticulate, obtuse, flowers solitary, infundibuliform, ca. 5cm long, lobes bilobate |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | dark purple |
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 after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Primula franchetii ssp. forrestii (Balf.f.) Halda |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) |