Primula homogama F.H.Chen & C.M.Hu

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 1--2 cm tall. Leaves forming a rosette; petiole nearly as long as to shorter than leaf blade; leaf blade broadly ovate to oblong, 4--13 X 3.5--10 mm, minutely scurfy pubescent, abaxially yellow farinose, base subrounded to truncate, rarely short attenuate, margin irregularly dentate, apex obtuse to rounded. Scapes 1--3 cm, glandular puberulous, 1-or 2-flowered; bracts linear to oblong, (1--)2--4 mm, farinose, apex acute. Pedicel 4--12 mm, glandular puberulous. Flowers homostylous. Calyx campanulate, 3.5--4.5 mm, glandular puberulous outside, yellow farinose inside, parted slightly below middle, obscurely 5-ribbed; lobes lanceolate to triangular, apex acute. Corolla pink or violet; tube 6--7 mm; limb 8--10 mm wide; lobes obovate-cuneate, 3--5 mm, deeply emarginate. Stamens near apex of corolla tube. Style reaching anthers. Capsule cylindric, ca. as long as calyx. Fl. Jun-Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.01 - 0.02
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Cultivation

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

Primula homogama world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:958530-1
WFO ID wfo-0001106316
COL ID 4MCWL
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Synonyms

Primula homogama