Primula capitata Hook.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Primula

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Leaves forming a rosette; petiole winged by decurrent leaf blade, indistinct to 1/2 as long as leaf blade; leaf blade oblong-oblanceolate to oblong-spatulate, 2--13 X 0.5--2(--3) cm, abaxially white or yellow farinose but occasionally only minutely glandular, adaxially minutely glandular, base long attenuate, margin erose-denticulate, apex acute to rounded. Scapes 10--45 cm, farinose at least near apex; umbel capitate, many flowered; bracts ovate to broadly lanceolate, 6--8 X 3--4 mm, clustered below umbel and forming a tuft or crown at apex. Pedicel 1--2 mm. Flowers spreading or ± nodding, heterostylous. Calyx often tinged with purple, campanulate, obscurely asymmetrical, 5--8 mm, parted to below middle; lobes broadly ovate to elliptic, rarely lanceolate, apex obtuse to acute. Corolla purple, with a yellow eye; limb 7--10 mm wide; lobes obovate, deeply 2-lobed. Pin flowers: corolla tube 6--7.5 mm; stamens ca. 2 mm above the base of corolla tube; style 3.5--4 mm. Thrum flowers: corolla tube 7--9 mm; stamens 5--7 mm above base of corolla tube; style ca. 1 mm. Capsule subglobose, shorter than calyx. Fl. Sep. 2n = 18.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.55 - 0.75
Mature height (meter) 0.55 - 1.5
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity 2-7
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Soil acidity 2-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
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Images

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Distribution

Primula capitata world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:701676-1
WFO ID wfo-0001106358
COL ID 4MCKT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Aleuritia capitata Primula capitata Primula capitata subsp. capitata Primula capitata subsp. crispata

Lower taxons

Primula capitata subsp. lacteocapitata Primula capitata subsp. sphaerocephala Primula capitata subsp. mooreana Primula capitata subsp. craibeana