Primula aromatica W. W. Smith & Forrest, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 14: 32. 1923.
Section Monocarpicae
Link to Flora of China description
Type specimen: Forrest 20568 resides at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024162) and KEW (specimen K000750027) and British Museum (specimen BM000996826) and Paris (specimen P04571218).
Epithet: Named for its fragrant foliage.
Distribution: NW Yunnan and into Sichuan.
Found sparingly on the Zhongdian plateau, and in Muli, Sichuan, this delicate species grows on limestone in shady hollows or caves. The leaves are aromatic, slightly hairy with hairy petioles. Scape is efarinous, hairy and flowers are arranged in a short spike or raceme. W. W. Smith & Fletcher in Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 61:446 1946 includes the collection Yu 13861 within P. aromatica. This specimen is a paratype of P. runcinata and should not be included in P. aromatica though the two species are similar. Thought by some authorities to belong in Section Malvacea.
