Primula forrestii

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Primula forrestii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Primula forrestii, Balf. f. Beautiful undershrub of very recent intro.; not farinose, with glandular fragrant foliage, and in its native places producing rootstocks 2-3 ft. long and probably in some cases 50-100 years old.: lvs. petiolate, ovate-elliptic, attenuate or sub cordate at base, irregularly bi-crenate, rugose above and densely farinose beneath: scape stout and erect, 3-9 in. high and equaling or exceeding the lvs., bearing a 10-25-fld. umbel: bracts leafy, lanceolate: fis. on slender erect pedicels, large, fragrant, deep orange (or deep yellow?) with an orange-yellow tube; corolla-limb nearly 1 in. across, the lobes ovate or rounded and deeply emarginate; calyx pouch-like or scarcely cam-panulate: caps. ovoid. Pendulous from dry shady crevices of limestone cliffs of the Lichiang Range, S. W. China; in cult. said to thrive in limestone well-drained soil in the alpine rockery. Intro. 1908. B.M. 8313. G.C. III. 45:274, 299; 51:240. R.H.1912, p. 490. Gn. 73, p. 242. G.M. 52:325. G. 31:289; 36:209. R.H.S. 39:152.—Placed in a new section Suffruticosa by Bal- four, together with several others. A very recent and interesting species of this group is P. rufa, Balf., with golden meal and hairy: fls. yellow. Yunnan, China. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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