Primula cusickiana (A.Gray) A.Gray

Cusick's primrose (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Primula

Characteristics

Plants (3-)5-10 cm, herbaceous; rhizomes short, stout; rosettes not clumped; vegetative parts only slightly farinose on calyx. Leaves not aromatic, indistinctly petiolate; petiole winged; blade without deep reticulate veins abaxially, lanceolate to spatulate, 1-4 × 0.3-1.8(-2.3) cm, thick, margins almost entire or somewhat dentate, apex obtuse or acute, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 2-8-flowered; involucral bracts plane, unequal. Pedicels erect to arcuate, thin, 2-25(-35) mm, length ca. 1-2 times bracts, flexuous. Flowers heterostylous; calyx green, sometimes with farinose stripes on ridges, narrowly campanulate, 5-11 mm; corolla rose to magenta-violet, tube 7-14 mm, length 1-2 times calyx, glandular or eglandular, limb to 10-25 mm diam., lobes 5-10 mm, apex emarginate. Capsules ovoid, length 1 times calyx. Seeds unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.1
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Primula cusickiana unspecified picture

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:210198-2
WFO ID wfo-0001105381
COL ID 4MCP5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Primula cusickiana Primula brodheadiae Primula angustifolia var. cusickiana Primula brodheadae var. minor Primula cusickiana var. cusickiana

Lower taxons

Primula cusickiana var. domensis Primula cusickiana var. maguirei Primula cusickiana var. nevadensis