Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula prenantha Balf.f. & W.W.Sm. sect. Candelabra |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 191 (1916) |
Native Range | sc. China to Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 2400-4000m |
Description | glabrous, efarinose, leaves shortly petiolate, oblong, obovate to elliptic, 4-9cm, denticulate, obtuse, umbels 1-2, superimposed, 2-8-flowered, flowers 6-10mm across |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Aleuritia microloma (Hand.-Mazz.) Soják Aleuritia prenantha (Balf.f. & W.W.Sm.) Soják Primula prenantha var. microloma (Hand.-Mazz.) A.J.Richards Primula microloma Hand.-Mazz. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |