Primula sulphurea (Hook.f.) Craib

 
  • Family : PRIMULACEAE
    (Primrose Or Primula Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KRISHNANEEL FAMILY (कृष्ण नील फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Primula gracilipes subsp. sulphurea (Hook.f.) A.J.Richards; Primula scullyi Craib
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Primula gracilipes Craib
  • Habit : Perennial herb
  • Habitat : On damp shady banks, streamsides, mossy rocks and in ravines, in Abies/Rhododendron forest or Rhododendron scrub, 1980 - 4720 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Plants with farina, at least on calyx
  • Flower, Fruit : May-July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district,South Sikkim (Namchi) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
  • Native : Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to 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: 169
    • 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: 527-528
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 107
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Primula sulphurea. Downloaded on 7 November 2024.

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