Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula gambeliana G.Watt sect. Rotundifolia |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 3 (1882) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 3800-5200m |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate to suborbiculate, 1-10cm, deeply cordate, efarinose, dentate, umbel 2-8-flowered, flowers 15-25mm across, lobes broadly obovate, emarginate |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | pinkish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
Synonyms | Aleuritia gambeliana (G.Watt) Soják |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |