Primula reticulata Wall.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Primula

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Leaves forming a rosette; petiole 1--3 X as long as leaf blade; leaf blade ovate-oblong to oblong, 2--10 X 2--4.5 cm, glabrous or sparsely minutely glandular along veins abaxially, base shallowly cordate to rounded, margin dentate to crenate-dentate, apex rounded. Scapes 18--45 cm, scarcely farinose toward apex; umbels 4--12-flowered; bracts linear-lanceolate to lanceolate, 0.7--2 cm, occasionally dentate. Pedicel 1--5 cm, farinose. Flowers heterostylous. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 5--11 mm, sparsely pale yellow farinose outside, more densely so inside, parted to 1/3, prominently 5-veined; lobes slightly recurved, lanceolate, apex acute. Corolla white to cream-white or cream-yellow; tube 1--1.4 cm; limb 1--2 cm wide; lobes obovate to obovate-oblong, margin entire to obscurely emarginate. Pin flowers: stamens at middle of corolla tube; style ca. as long as tube or slightly exserted. Thrum flowers: stamens toward apex of corolla tube; style ca. 2 mm. Capsule cylindric, ca. as long as to slightly longer than calyx. Fl. Jun. 2n = 22.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Shrubberies and open slopes, 3300-4800 metres. Thickets on mountain slopes around 3000 metres.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Anodyne (unspecified), Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Primula reticulata world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:702515-1
WFO ID wfo-0001105532
COL ID 4MDCD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Primula didyma Primula altissima Aleuritia reticulata Primula speciosa Aleuritia didyma Primula reticulata Primula reticulata var. didyma