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Primula lutea

Primula lutea
Photo: User:Stemonitis, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Primulaceae (Primul family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
S. & E. Alps, Carpathians, Appennini
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Primula lutea is a species of primrose that grows on basic rocks in the mountain ranges of western Alps, Jura, Vosges, Black Forest and Tatra mountains. The leaves are obovate and stalkless, with a cartilaginous edge, all growing in a basal rosette. The yellow flowers grow in clusters on 5–20 cm long stalks.

In the past it was considered synonymous with the very similar Primula auricula, but a recent study split this species off from P. auricula, with the latter being found in the more southerly areas (southern and eastern Alps, southern Carpathians, Apennines, and the Balkans).

Other Primula plants

Primrose · Bluedome primrose · Primula algida · Primula allionii · Moonlight Primrose · Primula amethystina · Alpine primrose · Primula aureata · Auricula · Northern primrose · Primula bracteosa · Bulley's Primrose

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Primula lutea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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