Primula cortusoides

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Primula cortusoides in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Primula cortusoides, Linn. Lvs. in a rosette on the ground, rather large and soft, loose-hairy (at least on the midrib and petioles), ovate-oblong or cordate-oblong, irregularly many-notched: scapes few to several, 6-12 in. tall, much exceeding the lvs., very straight, hairy: bracts linear: fls. rose-colored, about 1 in. across, short-pedicelled, in a loose many-fld. umbel, the segms. obovate and deeply notched or even lobed. W. Siberia. B.M.399. Gn. 29, p. 382; 62, p. 217. G.M. 43:247.—A handsome hardy species, blooming in May in the northern states, and represented by garden forms; known sometimes as "bear's-ear primrose," from the large radical lvs. G. 2:207 (var. amaena); J.H. III. 44:277 (var. grandiflora lilacina). It is a question, however, whether P. cortusoides is now much known in cult., the plants grown under this name being perhaps P. Sieboldii and P. saxatilis. It is recognized, according to Balfour, by the short pedicels of the fls. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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