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Scientific name:

Primula farinosa

Vernacular name:

Primrose, Bird's-eye


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Bird's-eye Primrose

Scientific name: Primula farinosa L.

Diagnostic features
Much of plant with mealy covering, but hairs absent.
Leaves gradually tapered at base, obovate.
Flowers in an umbel on a scape to 15cm, c.7-15mm across, usually pinkish-lilac.
Heterostylous.

Chromosome number: 2n=18.

Habitat
Native; damp grassy, stony or peaty ground on limestone.

Distribution
Locally frequent in North England from Yorks and Lancs to Cumberland, formerly South Scotland.

This species is keyed out on Page 3520 in the Text Key.

Primula farinosa
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