Primula malacoides Franch.

 
  • Family : PRIMULACEAE
    (Primrose Or Primula Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KRISHNANEEL FAMILY (कृष्ण नील फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Auganthus malacoides (Franch.) Soják; Primula delicata Petitm.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Primula malacoides Franch.
  • Common name : Fairy Primrose, Baby Primrose
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Wet areas near cultivated fields, ditches, forest margins; 1800 - 3000 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Perennial, rhizomatous herbs; stems many together; Leaves rosulate, oblong-elliptic, serrate-dentate, midvein whitish farinose; petioles about double lamina length; Flowers many in umbels, dull violet with yellowish eye.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-May
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to China (Yunnan, Guizhou, West Guangxi) and North Myanmar
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 168
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 108
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Primula malacoides. Downloaded on 2 November 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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