Primula denticulata

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Primula denticulata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Primula denticulata, Smith. Scapes 4 - 18 in. tall, bearing a dense umbel or head of pale purple fls.: lvs. in a rosette on the crown, usually not full grown until the fls. are past, and surrounded beneath by short, broad, thick, If like bracts; If blades oblong-obovate or spatulate, usually narrowed into a winged stalk, sharply denticulate, more or less mealy: corolla-tube about twice as long as the calyx-teeth, the corolla-lobes obcordate. Himalaya region, 7,000-13,000 ft., and said by Hooker to be the commonest Himalayan primula, and very variable. The fls. are said to be eaten in salad and the powder of the roots to be used in killing leeches. Intro. 1842. B.M. 3959. B.R. 28:47. Gn. 11, p. 127; 29. p. 382; 35, p. 529; 41, p. 588; 62, p. 218; 79, p. 161.G.M. 54:344. G.C. III. 47:152. J.H.III. 62:261; 67: 529. R.H.S. 39:160. A hardy plant, usually treated as a rockwork subject. Blooms in earliest spring. Var. purpurea, Hort., has dark purple fls. Var. alba, Hort,, has white fls. Gn. 50, p. 372; 78, p. 165. G.L. 23:422. Gn.W. 22, suppl. May 13 (as var. alba grandiflora). Var. pulcherrima, Hort., is very robust, with deep purple fls. in dense heads. Var. variegata, Hort., has lvs. bordered white. Var. Fire Ball has bright purple fls. in large heads. Var. cachemiriana, Hook. f. (P. cachemiriana, Munro. P. cashmeriana, Hort.). Lvs. nearly or quite full grown when the fls. are in bloom, usually more mealy (yellow-mealy beneath and sometimes on top): fls. rich purple with yellow center: perhaps a hybrid. W. Himalayan region. R.H. 1880:330. J.H. III. 60:199. Gn. 79, p. 97. P. sibirica var. kashmiriana. (B.M. 6493) is a different plant. See No. 132. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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