Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Dionysia microphylla Wendelbo |
Bibliography | Biol. Skr. 10(3): 68 (1959) |
Native Range | nw. Afghanistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1200-1400m |
Description | leaves very minute, suborbiculate, 1-2mm long, thick, entire, flowers solitary or up to 4 in umbel, bracts minute, 8-9mm wide, corolla tube 10-12mm long |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | early spring |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe cuttings of rosettes in late spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |