Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula brotheri (R.Knuth) Sutorý sect. Cortusoides |
Bibliography | Acta Mus. Morav., Sci. Biol. 95(2): 72 (2010) |
Native Range | Altay to Mongolia and Tibet |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and thickets |
Description | leaves 4-5cm wide, adaxially dark green and glabrous, abaxially sparsely hirsute, greyish or glaucous, orbiculate-reniform, lobes rounded, finely dentate, flowers 1-2cm |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | pink-purple |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cortusa brotheri (R.Knuth) Losinsk. Cortusa matthioli f. brotheri R.Knuth Primula matthioli ssp. brotheri (R.Knuth) Kovt. |
Territory | 3 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) |