Primula egaliksensis Wormsk.

Greenland primrose (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Primula

Characteristics

Plants 4-12.5 cm, herbaceous; rhizomes thin, short; rosettes not clumped; vegetative parts efarinose. Leaves not aromatic, abruptly petiolate; petiole not winged; blade without deep reticulate veins abaxially, elliptic, 1.5-5.5 × 0.5-0.9 cm, thin, margins entire, undulate, or slightly denticulate, apex rounded, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 1-3(-6)-flowered; involucral bracts gibbous but not auriculate, ± equal. Pedicels nodding, thin, 2-9 mm, length 1-3 times bracts, flexuous. Flowers homostylous; calyx green or with purple stripes, cylindric, 4-6 mm; corolla white or lavender, tube 6-8 mm, length 1-1.2 times calyx, eglandular, limb 6-8 mm diam., lobes 3-4 mm, apex slightly emarginate. Capsules narrowly cylindric, length 1.5-2 times calyx. Seeds without flanged edges, reticulate. 2n = 36, ca. 40.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.04 - 0.13
Root system rhizome
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Primula egaliksensis world distribution map, present in Canada, Greenland, Iceland, and United States of America

Conservation status

Primula egaliksensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30019545-2
WFO ID wfo-0000483452
COL ID 4MCRC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Primula egaliksensis Primula egaliksensis f. egaliksensis Primula groenlandica Primula stricta var. groenlandica Primula farinosa var. groenlandica Primula farinosa subsp. groenlandica