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Primula wollastonii, also known as Wollaston's primrose, is a species of flowering plant within the genus Primula and family Primulaceae. The species was first discovered and collected by A. F. Wollaston during an expedition to Mount Everest in 1921. The plant would later be scientifically described by Scottish botanist Isaac Bayley Balfour, who named the species P. Wollastonii after a request from Wollaston who had first discovered it.
Primula wollastonii is primarily distributed within the Himalayan region of Asia, specifically native to Nepal and Tibet. The species inhabits the subalpine and subarctic zone, where it can be found growing on alpine meadows, cliff faces and steep earth slopes. The plant can also be encountered growing within low alpine pastures that are grazed by cattle, sheep and goats. P. wollastonii usually grows in elevated mountainous habitat between 3600 and 5500 meters above sea level.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Primula wollastonii 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.
