Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula genestieriana Hand.-Mazz. sect. Farinosae |
Bibliography | Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 59: 250 (1922) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Tibet and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4100-4200m |
Description | laxly caespitose, efarinose, glabrous, leaves pale green, obovate, winged petiolate, acute, dentate, flowers 3-6 in flat umbel, calyx campanulate, corolla 5-7mm across |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | rose-violet |
Bloom | spring, early 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 after flowering |
Synonyms | Primula doshongensis W.W.Sm. Primula glabra ssp. genestieriana (Hand.-Mazz.) C.M.Hu |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |