Primula munroi Lindl.

 
  • Family : PRIMULACEAE
    (Primrose Or Primula Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KRISHNANEEL FAMILY (कृष्ण नील फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Aleuritia involucrata Soják; Primula involucrata Wall. ex Duby
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Primula munroi Lindl.
  • Common name : Tall Pale Primrose
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : Boggy ground and streamsides in open alpine meadows, glades and amongst Salix and Rhododendron scrub, 3000 - 4570 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Bracts easily visible and prolonged below their insertion into a 1-3-toothed auricle 4- 7mm; flowers weakly zygomorphic
  • Flower, Fruit : May-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
    • Himachal Pradesh : Kinnaur district
  • Native : Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : North-East Pakistan to Himalaya and South Tibet
  • 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
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 542
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Primula munroi. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

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