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Scientific name:

Primula auricula

Vernacular name:

Auricula


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Auricula

Scientific name: Primula auricula L.

Diagnostic features
Inflorescence with mealy covering.
Leaves gradually or abruptly contracted to short petiole, mealy or not, with short-stalked glandular hairs.
Flowers in an umbel on a scape to 15cm, c.(12)15-25mm across, dull yellow (other colours in garden plants).

Chromosome number: (2n=54-72).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
Planted on rock-ledge in Caenlochan Glen (Angus), known since 1880, also persistent on old estate in Midwest Yorks; mountains of Centralsouth Europe.

This species is keyed out on Page 3518 in the Text Key.

Primula auricula (Auricula)
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