Image of Primula minima L.

Description:

Slo: najmanji jegli - Habitat: Stony pasture, among grasses and low alpine plants, among volcanic Andesite rocks, on sunny places, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations 1.500-1.800 mm/year, average temperature 4-6 deg C, elevations 1.650 m (5.500 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: acid soil pockets in Andesite rock. - Comment: In the Alps limited to their east parts. In Slovenia a rare plant, growing on acid rock on Mt. Peca and Mt. Komen, absent in East Julian Alps and rare in West Julian Alps in Italy. Growing in groups of a few or many plants. - Ref.: (1) M.A.Fischer, W.Adler, K.Oswald, Exkursionsflora Oesterreich Liechtenstein, Suedtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 675. (2) A.Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 480. (3) G.Cmith, B. Burrow and D.Lowe, Primulas of Europe and America, The Alpine Garden Society (1987), pp 101. (4) J.Richards, Primula, B.T. Batsford Ltd, London (1993), pp 90.