Primula obliqua W. W. Sm., Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 26: 119 (1913);
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Central & E. Himalaya to S. Tibet: East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet as per POWO;
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Common name: Himalayan White Primrose
Deciduous herb with large winter resting-buds. Bud scales persistent at flowering, ovate, 2-6cm, imbricate, reddish, often farinose. Leaves oblanceolate, 10-20 x 2-5cm, obtuse or subacute, base tapering into winged petiole, margin crenate-serrate or subentire. Peduncle 25-45cm in flower (-60cm in fruit), bearing a single umbel of 4-9 flowers; bracts subulate, up to 1cm; pedicels 1-3cm, densely farinose. Calyx campanulate, 7-12mm, divided at least to middle into oblong obtuse teeth, farinose. Corolla white or creamy, sometimes pinkish or orange in centre, tube 1-1.5cm, farinose within, limb 2-3cm diameter, lobes broadly obovate, deeply emarginate, 2 posterior lobes usually reflexed. Capsule usually longer than calyx.
Fl. June-August
Moist alpine meadows and marshes, often amongst rhododendrons.
(Attributions: A.C.J Grierson & D.G Long. Flora of Bhutan. Published by RBGE and RGoB. 1999 as per Bhutan Biodiversity Portal)
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Primula obliqua from Arunachal Pradesh: 2 images.
Primula obliqua from Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh.
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life World Flora Online BSI Flora of India Checklist Flora of China Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal Bhutan Biodiversity Portal Asian Flora Primula world alpinegardensociety Primula sikkimensis Hook. and P. obliqua W.W.Sm. (Primulaceae) – new additions to the flora of Arunachal Pradesh, India June 2017 Amal bawri
