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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Primula pulverulenta in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Primula pulverulenta, Duthie. Resembles P. japonica in general habit, but distinguished by its silvery- farinose scape and infl. and by the deep rose-purple or violet-colored fls., also by the long and gradually acuminate calyx-lobes: rootstock short and stout: lvs. membranaceous, 6-16 in. long including petiole, obovate or oblanceolate, rounded at apex, tapering into long winged petiole, irregularly dentate and sometimes obscurely lobed: scape to 3 ft. high, silvery farinose as are also the calyx and the spreading pedicels: bracts linear: calyx not equaling corolla-tube, white-farinose inside, the lobes lanceolate and acuminate and valvate around the elliptic-oblong or subglobose caps. after flowering; corolla about 1 in. diam., with orange-brown eye, the limb deeply divided, the lobes obcordate. W. China, 8,000-10,000 ft. altitude. Intro. 1905. G.C. III. 41:391. R.H. 1911, p. 466. R.B. 36, p. 270. Gn.W. 25:516. G. 33:609; 35:415; 37:55. G.W. 13, p. 124. R.H.S. 39:169.—Thrives in usual garden conditions but best along streams and about ponds. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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