Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula griffithii (G.Watt) Pax sect. Petiolares |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 213 (1888) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3100-4000m |
Description | leaves ovate-lanceolate, 6-12cm in anthesis, then to 30cm, dentate, flowers 5-12, to 25mm, with yellow eye, in umbel, scape solid, farinose, in fruit elongate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | dark purple |
Bloom | late spring |
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 obtusifolia var. griffithii G.Watt |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |