Primula elwesiana
Read about Primula elwesiana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Primula elwesiana, King. Rhizome scaly: lvs. about 4 in. long, including the petiole, ovate-lanceolate, very remotely and scarcely denticulate, almost subentire, leathery, acute, glabrous, gradually narrowed to a winged, puberulent petiole: scape stout, 4-6 in. high, without bracts, red-hairy, 1-fld.: fls. violet; calyx pubescent, parted almost to the base, with lanceolate-linear, subobtuse lobes; corolla-tube pilose, broadened toward the throat, the limb funnelform, with almost quadrate lobes which are slightly narrowed toward their base and are almost truncate and denticulate at their apex: caps. cylindrical, equaling the calyx. Sikkim, Himalaya.
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- REDIRECT Omphalogramma elwesianum
