Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula turkestanica (J.N.Haage & E.Schmidt) E.A.White sect. Nivales |
Bibliography | Stand. Cycl. Hort. [L.H.Bailey] 5: 2808 (1916) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves in rosette, elliptic to lanceolate, 5-15cm, abaxially farinose, adaxially glabrous, obtusely denticulate, flowers numerous in compact umbel, calyx tubular, corolla 15-25mm |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | |
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 |
Synonyms | Primula nivalis var. colorata Regel Primula nivalis var. farinosa Schrenk ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Primula nivalis var. turkestanica J.N.Haage & E.Schmidt Primula nivalis ssp. turkestanica (J.N.Haage & E.Schmidt) Kovt. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |