Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula woodwardii Balf.f. sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 61 (1915) |
Native Range | nc. China to e. Qinghai |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2700-3700m |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, lanceolate to oblong, 6-12cm, efarinose, glabrous, finely crenate, umbel 3-15-flowered, flowers 2-3cm across, lobes lanceolate to narrowly oblong |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | dark violet, 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 in spring just as young growth commences |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai) |