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Primula brotheri (R.Knuth) Sutorý sect. Cortusoides 
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FamilyPRIMULACEAE
Genus speciesPrimula brotheri (R.Knuth) Sutorý sect. Cortusoides
BibliographyActa Mus. Morav., Sci. Biol. 95(2): 72 (2010)
Native RangeAltay to Mongolia and Tibet
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatgrassland and thickets
Descriptionleaves 4-5cm wide, adaxially dark green and glabrous, abaxially sparsely hirsute, greyish or glaucous, orbiculate-reniform, lobes rounded, finely dentate, flowers 1-2cm
Size20-25cm
Colorpink-purple
Bloomlate spring, summer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationmesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C
division after flowering; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsCortusa brotheri (R.Knuth) Losinsk.
Cortusa matthioli f. brotheri R.Knuth
Primula matthioli ssp. brotheri (R.Knuth) Kovt.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (ALT Altay)
     32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan)
     36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang)
     37 Mongolia
4 Asia-Tropical
     40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya)
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