Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula triloba Balf.f. & Forrest sect. Dryadifolia |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 21 (1920) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3700-5000m |
Description | leaves evergreen, shortly petiolate, broadly ovate, 3-4mm wide, palmately trilobate, flowers subsessile in leaf rosette, solitary, 10-15mm across, lobes incised |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | late 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |