Primula meiotera (W.W.Sm. & H.R.Fletcher) C.M.Hu

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Primula

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Petiole obscure; leaf blade spatulate to oblanceolate, 10--30 X 2--5 mm, abaxially densely white farinose, adaxially sparsely glandular, base cuneate-attenuate, with 3--5 ± runcinate coarse teeth on each side of margin, apex acute. Scapes 0.3--4 cm, white farinose, 1-or 2-flowered; bracts linear, to 5 mm. Pedicel 7--10 mm, farinose. Flowers homostylous. Calyx cup-shaped, ca. 4 mm, sparsely white farinose, parted below middle; lobes narrowly lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, apex acute to subobtuse; sinus between lobes rounded. Corolla bluish purple; tube nearly as long as calyx; limb 4.5--6 mm wide; lobes obovate, emarginate. Stamens toward apex of corolla tube. Style ca. as long as tube. Capsule oblong, ca. as long as calyx. Fl. Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Cultivation

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

Primula meiotera world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:947811-1
WFO ID wfo-0001106222
COL ID 4MD4V
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Synonyms

Primula meiotera Primula rhodochroa var. meiotera