Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula giraldiana Pax sect. Muscarioides |
Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed.] IV, 237: 92 (1905) |
Native Range | nc. China (Shaanxi) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-3700m |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, 6-13cm, irregularly obtuse-dentate, inflorescence shortly spicate, many flowered, flowers 5-8mm across |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | bluish violet, purple |
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 |
Synonyms | Aleuritia giraldiana (Pax) Soják |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHN China North-Central) |