Primula imperialis
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Read about Primula imperialis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Primula imperialis. Jungh. Tall, stout, not farinose, the infl. excepted, glabrous: lvs. 4 -16 x 2 1/2 -4 1/2 in., elongate-obovate or spatulate, obtuse, long-narrowed to a winged petiole which is shorter than or rarely equal to the blade, wrinkled, finely denticulate, the very broad midnerve produced beyond the blade: scape stout, much exceeding the lvs., 16 - 32 in. or more high, bearing several many-fld. superposed umbels which are 2 - 3 in. apart, more remote in fr.: bracts lanceolate from a broad base, acuminate: fls. golden yellow; calyx open-campanulate, farinose or not so, with short, broadly triangular acute lobes; corolla- tube slightly dilated toward the ringed throat, the limb about 3/4 in. across, rarely less, with obcordate emarginate lobes: caps, globose, included in the calyx. Mountains of Java. B.M. 7217. Gn. 40:266; 61, p. 272. G.M. 34:758, 759. Not hardy N. The noblest of cult, primulas, the scape rising 3 1/2 ft., and bearing 5 or 6 whorls of deep yellow fls. of firm substance. Once confounded with P. prolifera, from which it differs, according to Hooker, in "the more robust habit, the thicker texture, broader midrib, close reticulate nervation, and bullate surface of the foliage and its deeper colored flowers." CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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