Comments
provided by eFloras
Not common. On the basis of the absence or occurence of farina the species has been variously termed as var. sibirica (Ledeb.) Pax-(efarinose) or var. armena (C. Koch) Pax-(farinose). The single representative sheet from our area (l.c.) has leaves which are efarinose. The species resembles Primula capitellata, from which it differs mainly in the reflexed fruiting bracts. Found in alpine meadows, up to an elevation of 4572 m.
- license
- cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
- copyright
- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Description
provided by eFloras
A glabrous plant devoid of farina. Rootstock emitting slender whitish roots. Leaves 2.5-4 x 1.0-1.5 cm, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, or acute, denticulate to serrulate, lamina gradually tapering into the petiole, midrib prominent on the under surface. Scape variable from 6-21 cm long, up to 23.5 cm in fruit, fairly stout, glabrous. Flowers usually heteromorphic, umbellate. Larger bracts 6-8 mm long, lanceolate, barely saccate, reflexed in fruit. Calyx 6-7 mm long, campanulate, less than ½ cleft, accrescent in fruit, often violet-purple tinged; lobes triangular-ovate, margin glandulose. Corolla tube slightly exceeding or c. the calyx length; limb 12-13 mm broad; lobes narrow, 4.5-5 mm long, emarginate. Style 2-2.5 mm long (thrum-eyed flowers). Capsule oblong, more or less the calyx length. Seeds oblong-ovoid, less than 1 mm long, angled, papillose.
- license
- cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
- copyright
- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Description
provided by eFloras
Herbs perennial. Leaves forming a rosette; petiole usually inconspicuous, rarely ca. 1/2 as long as leaf blade; leaf blade obovate-oblong to oblanceolate, 1.5--5(--7) X 0.5--1.5(--2.5) cm, abaxially densely to very sparsely yellow or white farinose, rarely efarinose, adaxially efarinose, base attenuate, margin denticulate, rarely to nearly entire, apex rounded to obtuse. Scapes (3--)5--20 cm, elongating to 35 cm in fruit, farinose toward apex or efarinose; umbels 3--12-flowered; bracts strongly reflexed after anthesis, linear to linear-lanceolate, 3--11 mm, base slightly gibbous. Pedicel 1.5--3 mm, elongating to 1.5 cm in fruit, farinose or efarinose. Flowers heterostylous. Calyx campanulate, 6--8(--10) mm, efarinose or scarcely farinose outside, usually farinose inside, parted to middle, 5-ribbed; lobes often tinged with purple, oblong to lanceolate. Corolla violet, rarely white; tube nearly as long as calyx; limb 0.8--1.5 cm wide; lobes obovate, deeply emarginate. Pin flowers: stamens in lower 1/2 of corolla tube; style ca. 2/3 as long as tube. Thrum flowers with positions reciprocal. Capsule oblong, slightly longer than calyx. Fl. May-Jun. 2n = 18, 44.
- license
- cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
- copyright
- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Distribution
provided by eFloras
Distribution: Caucasus, N. Iran, Altai, N. Mongolia, Pamir Alai, Afghanistan.
- license
- cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
- copyright
- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Distribution
provided by eFloras
NW Xinjiang [Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, N Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; SW Asia].
- license
- cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
- copyright
- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Flower/Fruit
provided by eFloras
Fl. Per.: mid. June.
- license
- cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
- copyright
- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Habitat
provided by eFloras
S-facing mountain slopes, wet meadows; 1600--3200 m.
- license
- cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
- copyright
- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Primula algida
provided by wikipedia EN
Primula algida is a species of flowering plant within the family Primulaceae.[1] This species was first described by Michael Friedrich Adams.[2]
Description
Primula algida is a perennial species. Leaves are elliptic and grow from 1 – 6 cm long. The plant can grow from 3 – 20 cm tall when in flower due to its stem.[3] Each stem holds 4 or more flowers, which can range in colour from mauve to violet.[4] The roots of this species are thin and white.[5]
Distribution
The native range of P. algida includes: Caucasus, Northern Iran, Northern Altai Republic, Mongolia, Pamir-Alay and Afghanistan.[3]
Habitat
Primula algida grows on moist ground among grasses in alpine areas and wet meadows.[6]
It also inhabits south facing rock ledges, cliffs and slopes.[6]
This species is found at elevations between 2000-7000m.[4]
Gallery
P. algida growing in a meadow.
P. algida growing on a rocky mountain.
P. algida growing in a grassland.
References
-
^ Hassler M. (2019). World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (version Nov 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalog of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk PM, Bourgoin T., DeWalt RE, Decock W., Nieukerken E van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
-
^ Adams (1805), In: Weber & Mohr, Beitr. 1: 46
-
^ a b "Primula algida". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
-
^ a b "Home". encyclopaedia.alpinegardensociety.net. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
-
^ "Flora of Pakistan Primula algida". efloras.org. 2022-03-19.
-
^ a b Citizen science observations for Primula algida at iNaturalist
- license
- cc-by-sa-3.0
- copyright
- Wikipedia authors and editors
Primula algida: Brief Summary
provided by wikipedia EN
Primula algida is a species of flowering plant within the family Primulaceae. This species was first described by Michael Friedrich Adams.
- license
- cc-by-sa-3.0
- copyright
- Wikipedia authors and editors
