Primula nivalis
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Primula nivalis, Pall. Glabrous, farinose or not so: lvs. 3-5 in. long, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, margin often recurved, crenate-dentate or subentire, gradually narrowed to a winged petiole which is shorter than and very often scarcely distinguishable from the blade: scape robust, 3-10 in. high, exceeding the lvs., bearing a many-fld. umbel, rarely 2 superposed: bracts subulate-acuminate from a broad base: fls. erect, purple or white; calyx frequently farinose, cup-shaped, split below the middle, with lanceolate, acute or rather obtuse lobes; corolla-limb 1/2-3/4in. across, with ovate, retuse lobes: caps. frequently twice the length of the calyx. Caucasus to the Himalayas and China, northward to the Baikal and Dahuria.—A variable species, with well-marked geographical forms. The white-fld. plant in cult. as P. nivalis is a form of P. hirsuta (No.16). CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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