Primula vittata
Read about Primula vittata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Primula vittata, Bur. & Franch. Glabrous: lvs. membranaceous, not farinose, narrowly oblong, obtuse or subobtuse, finely denticulate, narrowed to a short winged petiole which is scarcely distinguishable from the blade or even subsessile: scape 6-10 in. high, much exceeding the lvs., white-farinose at the top, bearing a simple umbel or 2 superposed and a short distance apart: bracts lanceolate, acute, white-farinose margined: fls. somewhat nodding, purple; calyx campanulate, not split to the middle, purplish green, the lobes triangular, subacute and glabrous; corolla-tube obconical-dilated above the calyx, the limb concave about 1/2in. across, with broadly obovate, subtruncate, slightly emarginate and at the same time frequently undulate-subcrenulate lobes. Cent. China. Intro. 1905. B.M. 8586. G.C. III. 37:390; 40:209. R.H.S. 39:161.—The calyx is banded or costate with white farina.
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