Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula odontica W.W.Sm. sect. Amethystina |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 19: 199 (1937) |
Native Range | se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4300-5000m |
Description | efarinose, glabrous, leaves petiolate, oblanceolate to elliptic, 5-7cm, irregularly dentate, acute, umbel 3-6-flowered, flowers campanulate, 15-17mm, lobes oblong, entire |
Size | 9-12cm |
Color | dark wine red |
Bloom | summer |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |