Primula spectabilis

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Primula spectabilis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Primula spectabilis, Tratt. (Aretia spectabilis, Link). A low plant (3-4 in.) with stiff, glossy green oblong or rhomb-oblong viscid entire lvs. that have a pronounced cartilaginous margin or edge, acute or subacute, deeply pitted on the upper surface: scape equaling or exceeding the foliage, bearing a 1-7-fld. umbel: bracts linear and acute, usually reddish: fls. mauve-colored; calyx tubular-campanulate, with lanceolate obtuse lobes, minutely glandular; corolla exceeding the calyx, about 1 in. across, widened above, the lobes obcordate. Alps. R.H.S. 39:105.—A showy species, requiring a shady place in light soil in the rock-garden; worthy of attention. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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