Primula capitata
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Read about Primula capitata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Primula capitata, Hook. Lvs. appearing with the fls., oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, finely denticulate, more or less intensely white-farinose below, narrowed to the petiole, which is shorter than the blade and frequently scarcely distinct from it: scape 8 - 16 in. high, stout, slightly thickened toward the top, bearing a dense, rarely a little lax, many-fld. head: bracts lanceolate, acute: fls., the outer ones, opening long before the inner, reflexed or nodding, the inner forming a dense crown, bright purplish blue; calyx open-campanulate, scurfy, split to the middle, with the lobes triangular acute, rather concave, about 1/2 in. across with obcordate emarginate lobes. Himalaya. B.M. 4550. F.S. 6:618. Gn. 16:534; 29, p. 382; 45, p. 503; 50, p. 373; 54, p. 467; 76, p. 183: 79, p. 124. J.H. III. 32:209: 50:407. J.F. 1:80. In China this species is represented by forms regarded as distinct species, as in Nos. 120 and 121. Var. grandiflora, Pax, is a culture-form with large fls. in a more open head, the fls. being very short- pedicelled. B.M. 6916 B. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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