Primula elatior

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Primula elatior in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Primula elatior, Hill. Oxlip. Lvs. rugose, membranaceous, ovate or oblong, the apex, obtuse, more or less contracted or narrowed to the petiole, crenulate or denticulate, more or less pilose or canescent- tomentose below; the petiole more or less winged, shorter than or equaling the blade: scape more or less pubescent, 4-8 in. nigh, bearing a many-fld. umbel: bracts linear, acute, small: fls. pale yellow, turning green in drying, scentless; calyx more or less pubescent, 5- ribbed. tubular, with narrowly lanceolate acute lobes that are shorter than the tube; corolla-tube cylindrical, the limb flat, more or less than 3/4 in. across, with obcordate, emarginate lobes: caps, cylindrical or oblong, equaling or exceeding the calyx. Eu., especially in the mountains and the northern part, .southeast to Caucasus and Persia. Gn. 62, p. 217. G.W. 15, p. 269. Var. gigantea, Hort., is offered, with fls. more tnan 1 in. across, yellow predominating. For cowslip x oxlip, see New Phytologist, vi:162 (1907). From the cowslip the oxlip differs in having the fls. more or less upright, the corolla-limb is plane and the throat is open without folds. The species is widely variable. Var. carpathica, Griseb. Lvs. ovate or oblong, the petiole more or less winged and the blade strongly rugose and crenulate: calyx usually ventricose- tubular before flowering: caps, cylindrical. Carpathians. Var. intricata, Pax. Lvs. ovate-elliptic, gradually attenuate into a winged petiole, little rugose, green beneath: scape only equaling the lvs.: calyx tubular, the lobes triangular and acute: caps, short- cylindrical, equaling or perhaps exceeding the calyx. S. Eu. Var. Pallasii, Pax (P. Pallasii, Lehm. P. altaica, Pall.). Lvs. oblong or elliptic, gradually attenuate into petiole, nearly glabrous, little or not at all rugose: calyx very narrowly tubular, the lobes very narrow and recurved at apex. Urals, Caucasus, N. Persia, Altai. Var. cordifolia, Pax (P. cordifolia, Rupr.). Lvs. round-ovate, cordate at base, the petiole wingless or narrowly winged, nearly glabrous, scarcely rugose: calyx very narrowly tubular, the lobes very narrow and at apex recurved. Caucasus and Armenia. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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