Primula cuneifolia Ledeb.

Wedgeleaf primrose (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Primula

Characteristics

Plants to 15 cm, herbaceous; rhizomes thin, short; rosettes single, not clumped; vegetative parts efarinose but often glandular. Leaves not aromatic, petiolate; petiole winged; blade without deep reticulate veins abaxially, broadly cuneate, 1-6 × 0.8-1 cm, succulent, margins coarsely dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 1-9-flowered; involucral bracts plane, unequal. Pedicels erect, somewhat capillary, 3-20 mm, length 2-4 times bracts, flexuous. Flowers heterostylous or homostylous; calyx green, urceolate, 4-6 mm; corolla rose-pink, tube 4-6 mm, length 1-1.2 times calyx, glandular, limb 10-25 mm diam., lobes 5-10 mm, apex deeply cleft. Capsules globose, length 0.6-0.8 times calyx. Seeds with flanged edges, reticulate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.12 - 0.15
Root system rhizome
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses ornamental
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Cultivation

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

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Distribution

Primula cuneifolia world distribution map, present in Japan, Liberia, Russian Federation, and United States of America

Conservation status

Primula cuneifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:701781-1
WFO ID wfo-0001105380
COL ID 4MCNY
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Synonyms

Primula hakusanensis Primula hyperborea Primula cuneifolia Primula heterodonta Primula cuneifolia var. cuneifolia Primula cuneifolia subsp. cuneifolia

Lower taxons

Primula cuneifolia subsp. saxifragifolia