Primula capillaris N.H.Holmgren & A.H.Holmgren

Ruby mountain primrose (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Primula

Characteristics

Plants 1.5-5(-6) cm, herbaceous; rhizomes short, stout; rosettes not clumped; vegetative parts efarinose. Leaves not aromatic, indistinctly petiolate; petiole narrowly winged; blade without deep reticulate veins abaxially, linear-oblanceolate, 1-6 × 0.1-0.5 cm, thick, margins entire, apex rounded, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 1(-2)-flowered; involucral bracts plane, unequal. Pedicels erect, thin, 2-12 mm, length ca. 1-2 times bracts, flexuous. Flowers heterostylous; calyx green, narrowly campanulate, 4-8 mm; corolla magenta-violet with bluish tinge, tube 5-8 mm, length 0.9-1.2 times calyx, eglandular basally, sparsely glandular distally, limb 5-8 mm diam., lobes 2-4 mm, apex emarginate. Capsules cylindric, length 1 times calyx. Seeds unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.05
Root system rhizome
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
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Distribution

Primula capillaris world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:210187-2
WFO ID wfo-0001105350
COL ID 4MCKS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Primula capillaris