Primula capitata

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Primula capitata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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