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Primula scotica is a plant from the family of the Primrose family (Primulaceae). It isnative tothe north of Scotland and inhabits moist pastureland near the sea.
description
Appearance and foliage leaf
Primula scotica is a perennial , herbaceous plant that reaches heights of up to 9 centimeters. Many parts of the plant are floury dusted.
The leaves stand together in basal rosettes . The simple leaf blade is 1 to 5 centimeters long and 0.4 to 1.5 centimeters wide and elliptical, oblong or spatulate. The spreading margins are whole and slightly serrated towards the upper end. The underside of the leaf is usually richly powdered.
Inflorescence and flower
Primula scotica forms one to two (rarely four) floury-pollinated inflorescence shafts with a length of 0.5 to 6 (rarely up to 9) centimeters, which have one to six-flowered inflorescences at the end .
The hermaphroditic flowers are radial symmetry and five-fold with a double flower envelope . The five sepals have grown together to form a 4 to 6 millimeter long, angular, floury calyx with blunt calyx tips. The crown, measuring 5 to 8 (rarely up to 10) millimeters in diameter, consists of five dark purple to pale purple petals with a yellow and rarely white throat. The corolla tube is about one and a half times as long as the chalice. The scar is indistinctly five-lobed. Homostyly is present (the species only develops one type of flower).
Fruit and seeds
The number of seeds bearing fruit capsule is as long as the cup or projects beyond this.
Chromosome number
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 54.
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literature
- Thomas Gaskell Tutin : Flora Europaea . Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Ed .: TG Tutin et al. 1st edition. Vol. 3. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-15368-3 , CXXXV. Primulaceae, S. 17 ( Primula scotica ).
Web links
- Primula scotica - Scottish Primrose. In: Wild Flowers of the British Isles. ukwildflowers.com, July 3, 2011, accessed November 21, 2011 .