Primula japonica

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Scientific Names



Read about Primula japonica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Primula japonica, Gray. Plant glabrous, tall, not mealy except the calyx: lvs. 4-6 by about 2 in., obovate-oblong or spatulate, obtuse, membranaceous, sharply and irregularly denticulate, gradually narrowed to a winged petiole shorter than the blade and with a sheathing base: scape tall, much exceeding the lvs., 8-24 in. high, bearing several many-fld. superposed umbels: bracts linear-subulate: fls. purple, rarely rose or white; calyx open-campanulate, mealy inside, with broad-triangular acuminate lobes; corolla-tube gradually broadened toward the ringed throat, the limb about 3/8in. across, with obcordate emarginate lobes: caps. globose, shorter than the calyx. Japan. B.M. 5916. G.C. III. 33:307; 40:207. J.H. III. 68:465. G.M. 48:283. G.Z. 15:129. G.W. 3, p. 183. H.F. II. 13:265. Gt. 1872, p. 195. R.H. S. 39:193. F.S. 19:1950, 1951. I.H. 18:69. Gn. 29, p. 382. R.H. 1871:570; 1895, p. 424. F.M. 1871:537, 538; 1872:9. —Blooms early in summer to midsummer. Makes a noble plant in deep moist soil and a shaded place. Hardy at the N. There are many color-forms, as var. alba, Hort., has white fls. (Gn. 78, p. 280. G.W. 7, p. 559); var. rosea, Hort., has rose-colored fls. (F.W. 1872:257); var. lilacina, Hort., lilac; var. splendens, Hort., rich blood-red; var. striata, Hort., striped white; var. salmonea, Hort., salmon-colored; var. bicolor, Hort., white with crimson center; var. carminata, Hort., carmine.

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