Shaggy primrose

Shaggy primrose
Shaggy primrose ( Primula villosa )
Systematics
Asterids Order : Heather-like (Ericales) Family : Primrose Family (Primulaceae) Subfamily : Primuloideae Genre : Primroses ( primula ) Type : Shaggy primrose
Scientific name
Primula villosa
Wulfen

The shaggy primrose ( Primula villosa ) is a species of plant that belongs to the genus of primroses ( Primula ).

description

Shaggy primrose ( Primula villosa ), illustration
in Anton Hartinger , Atlas of the Alpine flora (1882)

The herbaceous perennial plant reaches heights of 5 to 15 centimeters. Leaves and stems are densely covered with sticky, red-headed and up to 1 millimeter long glandular hairs. The basal leaves measure 2 to 15 centimeters in length and 1 to 4 centimeters in width. They are narrow to broad ovoid, fleshy and mostly weakly serrated towards the tip.

Two to five stalked flowers sit together in a terminal, golden inflorescence . The bracts are green or membranous, broadly ovate and shorter than the pedicels. The calyx teeth are short and triangular. The crown has a diameter of 15 to 30 millimeters and is pink to lavender in color with a white throat and outlined, funnel-shaped corolla lobes. The corolla tube is 8 to 12 millimeters long and thus two to three times as long as the chalice.

The flowering period extends from April to June.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 62 or 64.

Occurrence

The distribution area includes the Noric Alps and the Cottian Alps . The shaggy primrose occurs predominantly subalpine at altitudes of 1500 to 2200 meters on rocks and stony grass over silicate.

literature

• Gunter Steinbach (Ed.): Alpine flowers (Steinbach's natural guide). Mosaik Verlag GmbH, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-576-10558-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Primula villosa at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

Web links

Commons : Primula villosa  - album with pictures, videos and audio files