Family | PRIMULACEAE |
Genus species | Primula tanneri King sect. Petiolares |
Bibliography | J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 55: 227 (1887) |
Native Range | s. Tibet to e. & c. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-5000m |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, ovate-deltate, 2-10cm, cordate to subsagittate, irregularly coarsely dentate, acute, umbel 2-12-flowered, flowers 20-25mm across, lobes emarginate |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | blue, purple, white |
Bloom | 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 nepalensis W.W.Sm. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |