Primula albenensis Banfi & R.Ferlinghetti, Webbia 47(2): 204 (1993).
Reprinted at Notiziario floristico / Gruppo Flora Alpina Bergamasca (F.A.B.), [Bergamo], (5), [aprile 1994], p. 6-10.
Section Auricula, Subsection Brevibracteatae
Type specimen: s.n. Monte Alben, Val Gerona, 1150m resides at: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano and Natural History Museum, Firenze, Italy.
Epithet: Named for Monte Alben, Italy where the type specimen was collected.
Distribution: Areas around and on Monte Alben, Italy
Originally described from Monte Alben, a second site has been found at Stabina valley, Valtorta, Bergamo. This species grows on calcareous rocks. It is strongly aromatic, and shortly pubescent with 3-celled hairs. Flowers are pale violet to lilac-blue with a white mealy eye. Similar to P. recubariensis, though larger and farinous. Hybrids with P. auricula are known but not formally described.
