Primula yunnanensis Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Primula

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, forming small tufts with many rosettes. Petiole usually inconspicuous, rarely nearly as long as leaf blade; leaf blade elliptic to obovate-elliptic or spatulate, 5--35 X 2--7 mm, abaxially usually densely yellow farinose, adaxially efarinose or nearly so, base attenuate, margin crenulate to crenulate-dentate, apex obtuse to acute. Scapes 1.5--6(--8) cm, ± farinose toward apex, 1--5-flowered; bracts ovate-lanceolate to sublinear, 2--7 mm. Pedicel 1--10 mm, scarcely farinose. Flowers heterostylous. Calyx campanulate, (2--)4--5(--7) mm, efarinose or scarcely farinose outside, densely yellow farinose inside, parted to ± middle, 5-ribbed; lobes lanceolate to triangular, apex acute to subobtuse. Corolla rose-pink to lilac; tube 9--10 mm; limb 1--1.5 cm wide; lobes broadly obovate, deeply emarginate. Pin flowers: stamens ca. 2 mm above base of corolla tube; style reaching mouth. Thrum flowers with positions reciprocal. Capsule elliptic, usually shorter than calyx. Fl. Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
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Distribution

Primula yunnanensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:702813-1
WFO ID wfo-0001106262
COL ID 4MDLX
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Synonyms

Primula yunnanensis Primula calcicola Primula fragilis Primula kichanensis Primula umbrella Primula yunnanensis subsp. fragilis

Lower taxons

Primula yunnanensis subsp. maikhaensis Primula yunnanensis subsp. membranifolia Primula yunnanensis subsp. socialis