Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula jeffreyi (Van Houtte) A.R.Mast & Reveal sect. Dodecatheon |
Bibliography | Brittonia 59: 81 (2007) |
Native Range | Alaska to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 0-3000m |
Description | leaves oblanceolate, gradually tapered to long petiole, sometimes crenate, 5-40cm long, umbels 3-20-flowered, corolla tube white or yellow, with purple ring |
Size | 10-60cm |
Color | magenta, light yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in early spring |
Synonyms | Dodecatheon crenatum Greene Dodecatheon dispar A.Nelson Dodecatheon exilifolium J.F.Macbr. Dodecatheon glandulosum Eastw. Dodecatheon jeffreyanum K.Koch Dodecatheon jeffreyi Van Houtte Dodecatheon jeffreyi var. odoratum Eastw. Dodecatheon jeffreyi ssp. pygmaeum (H.M.Hall) H.J.Thomps. Dodecatheon jeffreyi f. pygmaeum H.M.Hall Dodecatheon jeffreyi var. typica R.Knuth Dodecatheon meadia var. viviparum (Greene) Abrams Dodecatheon meadia var. jeffreyi (Van Houtte) K.Brandegee Dodecatheon meadia var. lancifolium A.Gray Dodecatheon viviparum Greene Meadia jeffreyi (Van Houtte) Kuntze |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |