Primula nutans Georgi

Siberian primrose (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Primula

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, efarinose. Leaves forming a rosette; petiole nearly as long as leaf blade, occasionally 1--3 X as long as leaf blade; leaf blade ovate to oblong or suborbicular, 5--25(--30) X 4--15 mm, base rounded to cuneate, margin entire to obscurely denticulate, apex obtuse. Scapes (2--)10--25 cm, glabrous; umbels 2--6(--10)-flowered; bracts oblong, 5--8 mm, glandular ciliolate, prolonged below into blunt 1--1.5 mm long auricles, apex obtuse to apiculate. Pedicel 5--22(--45) cm. Flowers heterostylous. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 5--8 mm, often brownish punctate, slightly constricted at base, parted to 1/3, 5-ribbed; lobes oblong to triangular, densely glandular ciliolate, apex acute to obtuse. Corolla pinkish purple; tube 6--10 mm; limb 1--2 cm wide; lobes obovate, deeply emarginate. Pin flowers: stamens at middle of corolla tube; style exserted. Thrum flowers: stamens toward apex of corolla tube; style slightly exceeding middle of tube. Capsule cylindric, 7--8 mm. Fl. May-Jun. 2n = 20, 22, 32, 34.
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Plants 5-20 cm, herbaceous; rhizomes thin, short, sometimes stoloniferous; rosettes not clumped; vegetative parts efarinose. Leaves not aromatic, abruptly petiolate; petiole not winged; blade without deep reticulate veins abaxially, ovate to somewhat elliptic, 1-3 × 1-2 cm, thin, margins entire, apex rounded, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 2-4-flowered; involucral bracts saccate, prominently auriculate basally, ± equal. Pedicels nodding, thin, 10-20 mm, length 1-5+ times bracts, flexuous. Flowers heterostylous; calyx green, cylindric, 4-7 mm; corolla lavender, tube 7-10 mm, length 1.5-2 times calyx, eglandular, limb 9-20 mm diam., lobes 5-10 mm, apex deeply notched. Capsules narrowly cylindric, length 1.5-2 times calyx. Seeds without flanged edges, reticulate. 2n = 22.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.2
Root system rhizome
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Soil humidity 4-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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

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Distribution

Primula nutans world distribution map, present in Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Mongolia, Norway, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Sweden, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:702337-1
WFO ID wfo-0000483713
COL ID 4MD75
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Synonyms

Primula finmarchica Primula norwegica Primula nutans Aleuritia nutans Primula penduliflora Primula sibirica Primula flaccida Primula finno-marchica Primula intrusa Aleuritia nutans subsp. finmarchica Primula nutans subsp. finmarchica Primula sibirica var. integrifolia Primula sibirica