Primula poissonii
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Primula poissonii in the Quarryhill Botanical Garden | |
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Section: | Proliferae
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Species: | P. poissonii
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Primula poissonii (海仙花 hai xian hua) is a species of perennial Candelabra primula flower, native to wet areas at altitudes of 2500–3100 meters in western Sichuan and central and northern Yunnan, China. Its leaves form a rosette, with leaf blades obovate-elliptic to oblanceolate, strongly tapering to base. The corolla is deep purplish crimson or rose-purple, tubular, 0.9 to 1.1 cm in length, rising from a scape of 20–45 cm in length.
References
- Primula poissonii, Franchet, Bull. Soc. Bot. France. 33: 67. 1886.
- Flora of China entry
- The Plant List entry