Primula farinosa

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Primula farinosa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Primula farinosa, Linn. (P. Warei, Stein). Fig. 3191. Farinose at least when young: 4 - 8 in.: lvs. variable in size, glabrous, veiny, elliptic-lanceolate, obovate or ovate-rotundate, obtuse, frequently gradually narrowed to a petiole which is scarcely distinguishable from the blade, denticulate or subentire : scape exceeding the Ivs. 1/2 -12 in. high, sometimes slender, sometimes stout, bearing a rather dense or lax many-fld. umbel: bracts lanceolate, acute, their base slightly saccate: fls. lilac, blue, or becoming purple, the throat yellow; calyx urnshaped, green, with oval or subtriangular obtuse or rarely subacute lobes; corolla-limb 1/2 in. or less across, with obcordate deeply emarginate lobes: caps, sub- equaling or almost twice exceeding the calyx. Generally distributed in boreal and alpine regions of the northern hemisphere, in N. Amer., occurring in Maine, on Lake Superior, and in the mountains as far south as Colo. Gn. 29, p. 385; 62, p. 29: 63, p. 406 (var. alba); 70, p. 271; 78, p. 282. G.C. III. 40:193; 58:333 (reduced in Fig. 3191). G. 8:456. F.E. 15:674. A widely variable species, with which Pax & Knuth unite P. mistassinica and others. The Rocky Mt. form has been separated by Rydberg as P. americana. It is difficult to find good dividing lines between the many geographical forms of this type, and one must combine them all into P. farinosa or keep many of them separate as species. The above description of P. farinosa is the inclusive one. More narrowly defined, it may be characterized as follows: lvs. obovate-lanceolate, farinose beneath: fls. variable in color and breadth of lobes, but usually pale lilac with yellow center, umbellate; calyx oblong-ovate, with linear teeth; corolla-limb flat; corolla-lobes obcordate and rounded below, distant, as long as the tube: caps, twice as long as calyx. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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