Primula nivalis Pall.

Primevère farineuse (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Primula

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, with long stocks formed by overlapping petioles and basal bud scales. Leaves forming a rosette; petiole broadly winged, usually slightly shorter than leaf blade; leaf blade elliptic to oblong-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, 6--16 X 1--4 cm, glabrous, efarinose or farinose, base attenuate, margin ± regularly blunt denticulate, apex obtuse to acute. Scapes 10--25 cm, elongating to 35 cm in fruit; umbels 8--20-flowered; bracts narrowly lanceolate, 5--14 mm. Pedicel 0.7--1.5 cm, elongating to 1.6--3.5 cm in fruit. Flowers heterostylous. Calyx tubular, 6--11 mm, parted to ± middle; lobes lanceolate. Corolla violet to purple; tube 0.8--1.5 cm; limb 1.5--2.5 cm wide; lobes oblong, margin entire. Pin flowers: stamens 3--4 mm above base of corolla tube; style slightly longer than calyx. Thrum flowers: stamens slightly above apex of calyx; style ca. 2 mm. Capsule oblong, 1--2 X as long as calyx. 2n = 22.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity 2-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
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Distribution

Primula nivalis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:702332-1
WFO ID wfo-0001105341
COL ID 4MD6Z
BDTFX ID 53239
INPN ID 115899
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Synonyms

Aleuritia nivalis Primula nivalis Primula nivalis var. nivalis

Lower taxons

Primula nivalis var. farinosa Primula nivalis subsp. turkestanica Primula nivalis subsp. subintegerrima