Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula mollis Nutt. ex Hook. sect. Cortusoides |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. 80: t. 4798 (1854) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 2400-2700m |
Description | leaves long petiolate, orbiculate to reniform, 4-18cm wide, adaxially pilose, crenate, umbels 3-10, superimposed, 4-10-flowered, flowers 1-2cm across, lobes oblong, incised |
Size | 10-60cm |
Color | dark crimson, rose |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering |
Synonyms | Auganthus mollis (Nutt. ex Hook.) Soják Primula mollis ssp. seclusa (Balf.f. & Forrest) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula seclusa Balf.f. & Forrest |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |