Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula sharmae H.R.Fletcher sect. Farinosae |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 33: 119 (1941) |
Native Range | Assam, Nepal |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2500-4800m |
Description | leaves oblong-elliptic, abaxially white farinose, dentate, 4-6cm, tapered to winged petiole, flowers 3-8, 15-25mm across, with small, white eye, in umbel, scape farinose |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bluish purple, pink |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (ASS Assam, NEP Nepal) |