Primula rhodochroa W.W.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Primula

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, less than 3 cm tall. Leaves forming a rosette; petiole usually slightly shorter than leaf blade; leaf blade oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, 5--20 X 3--5 mm, abaxially densely farinose, adaxially sparsely glandular, base short cuneate-attenuate, margin denticulate to dentate, apex obtuse to rounded. Scapes less than 1 cm, usually indistinct, conspicuously farinose, 1--4-flowered; bracts 2 or 3, linear, 4--5 mm, farinose. Pedicel to 8 mm, farinose. Flowers heterostylous. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 5--7 mm, farinose, parted to 1/3, distinctly 5-veined; lobes ovate-triangular, apex acute or subobtuse. Corolla rose-purple, rarely white; tube ca. as long as calyx; limb 0.5--2 cm wide; lobes obovate, deeply emarginate. Pin flowers: stamens slightly below middle of corolla tube; style reaching annulus. Thrum flowers with positions reciprocal. Capsule oblong, nearly as long as calyx. Fl. Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.03
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Usage

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Cultivation

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

Primula rhodochroa world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:702519-1
WFO ID wfo-0001106217
COL ID 4MDCH
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Synonyms

Aleuritia rhodochroa Primula rhodochroa Primula rhodochroa var. rhodochroa

Lower taxons

Primula rhodochroa var. geraldinae