Primula secundiflora Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Primula

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Leaves forming a rosette; petiole short or occasionally ca. as long as leaf blade, broadly winged; leaf blade oblong to narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, 5--15 X 1--3 cm, tapering toward base, sparsely minutely glandular, margin hydathode-denticulate, apex subrounded to acute. Scapes 10--60(--90) cm, white farinose toward apex; umbels 1, or occasionally 2, superimposed, 5--10-flowered; bracts 5--10 mm. Pedicel nodding at anthesis, 1--5 cm, ± farinose. Flowers secund, heterostylous. Calyx tinged with purple from lobes to base, tubular-campanulate, 7--10 mm, upper 1/2 parted, white farinose between lobes forming 5 purple and 5 white vertical stripes; lobes lanceolate to triangular-lanceolate. Corolla rose-purple to deep rose; limb 1.5--2.5 cm wide; lobes obovate-oblong, apex rounded to slightly emarginate. Pin flowers: corolla tube 9--10 mm; stamens slightly below middle of corolla tube; style ca. as long as tube. Thrum flowers: corolla tube 1--1.3 cm; stamens toward apex of corolla tube; style 2--3 mm. Capsule elliptic, ca. 1.5 X as long as calyx. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug-Sep. 2n = 22@.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-8
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 13
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Primula secundiflora unspecified picture

Distribution

Primula secundiflora world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:702581-1
WFO ID wfo-0001106041
COL ID 77WZR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Aleuritia secundiflora Primula secundiflora Primula vittata