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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Primula palinuri in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Primula palinuri, Petag. Rhizome woody and widely spreading: lvs. large, often 8 in. long and 3 in. wide, obovate or oblong, fleshy and pliable, light green, not farinaceous, dentate, narrowed into a petiole which is sometimes elongated: scape surpassing the lvs., farinose above, bearing a many-fld., even to 40-fld., umbel: fls. pedicellate, drooping to one side, the floral bracts leafy and farinose; calyx densely white-farinose, campanulate at top, deeply cut into sharp-pointed lobes; corolla deep yellow, standing well out of the calyx, the lobes emarginate: caps. equaling or exceeding the calyx. S. Italy in the Appennine region. B.M. 3414. G.C. III. 41:18. Gn. 76, p. 227. G.M. 55:381. —A striking species with a cowslip odor, blooming in England in May; it is advised in England to grow it in good loam to which peat and sand have been added; in cold districts it is to be kept under glass, with plenty of light and air, in winter; does not bloom until it has attained good size. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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