Primula malacoides

Plant Characteristics

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Scientific Names

Read about Primula malacoides in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Primula malacoides, Franch. Fairy Primrose. Fig. 3184. A slender and open grower, 8-20 in. high, larger and more branched than P. Forbesii, somewhat hairy below with white hairs, glabrous above: lvs. thin-papery, glabrescent, broad-ovate, under surface sometimes sparsely white-farinose, upper pale green, the base open-cordate, broadly 6-8-lobed, the lobes acutely incise-dentate; the petiole exceeding the blade: scape more or less exceeding the lvs., bearing 2-6 many-fld. superposed umbels which are distant from each other: bracts short, linear-lanceolate, acute, white-farinose below: fls. rose and lilac; calyx densely white-farinose, campanulate from a spherical base, with the lobes short, acute, and spreading; corolla-tube cylindrical, slender, the limb a little concave, 3/8-1/2in. across, with obcordate lobes: caps. globose, included. China. Intro. 1908. G.C. III. 44:396, 397; 52:308. R.H. 1912:156. Gn. 76, p. 157; 77, p. 291, 624. J.H. III. 60:399. G. 31:53. G.M. 51:914; 56:917. G.W. 13, p. 42. Var. alba, Hort., has white fls. Var. plena, Hort., has double fls. G.C. III. 54:428.—An excellent greenhouse species, blooming well in winter. Although perennial, it is usually treated as an annual; seed sown in spring should produce flowering plants in autumn. It blooms several months, bearing fls. in successive whorls on very slender sts., which sometimes reach a height of 18 in. It is now common in cult., and self-sows about the greenhouse. Several shades of color are represented, and also large- fld. forms which are possibly hybrids (see G.C. III. 55:180). The plant grows well out-of-doors in the rock-garden in mild climates, with some protection. Often confounded with baby primrose (P. Forbesii), but the oblong long-petioled lvs. at once distinguish it, as well as the tall and open infl. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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