Primula vialii Delavay ex Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Primula

Characteristics

Herbs perennial. Leaves forming a rosette; petiole winged, usually 1/5--1/2 as long as leaf blade at fruiting; leaf blade elliptic to oblong or oblanceolate, 10--30 X 2--4(--7) cm, abaxially pubescent mainly along veins, adaxially pubescent, base attenuate, margin remotely hydathode-denticulate, apex rounded. Scapes (15--)20--45(--60) cm, glabrous, scarcely farinose toward apex; spikes narrowly pyramidal, 2--5 cm at anthesis, elongating to 10--18 cm in fruit, densely flowered; bracts linear-lanceolate, 1--2 mm. Flowers heterostylous. Calyx bright crimson when young, becoming pink, globose-campanulate, 4--5 mm, parted below middle; lobes ovate to ovate-lanceolate, apex acute or occasionally dentate. Corolla rose-purple; tube 7--9 mm; limb 5--6 mm wide; lobes ovate to elliptic, 4--5 X ca. 4 mm, apex acute. Pin flowers: stamens ca. 1.5 mm above base of corolla tube; style ca. as long as tube. Thrum flowers with positions reciprocal. Capsule globose, slightly shorter than calyx. Fl. Jul. 2n = 20@.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
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Flower color
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JanFebMar
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

Light 4-8
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Primula vialii unspecified picture

Distribution

Primula vialii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:702757-1
WFO ID wfo-0001106368
COL ID 6W8YB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Aleuritia vialii Primula vialii Primula littoniana Primula littoniana var. robusta