Primula bellidifolia King ex Hook.f.
Section Muscarioides
Link to Flora of China description
Link to Nepal checklist
Type specimen: King, s.n., Sikkim, 13000ft. resides at K (specimen K000750275).
P. adenantha Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper (syn): Type specimen: Cooper 1601 resides at E (specimen E00024544).
P. atricapilla Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper (syn): Type specimen: Cooper 1771 resides at E (specimen E00024543).
P. menziesiana Balf.f. & W.W.Sm. (syn): Type specimen: Cooper 3470 resides at E (specimen E00024542).
P. micropetala Balf.f. & R.E.Cooper (syn): Type specimen: Cooper 4056 resides at E (specimen E00024541).
P. bellidifolia subsp. hyacinthina (W.W.Sm.) A.J.Richards
P. hyacinthina W.W.Sm. (syn): Type specimen: Kingdon-Ward 11800 resides at E (specimen E00024548) and BM (specimen BM000996891).
Epithet: Named for leaves similar to Bellis sylvestris.
Distribution: Bhutan, Nepal, India, Sikkim, China, S Tibet.
Leaves pubescent, oblanceolate to oblong, apex obtuse to subrounded, margin shallowly dentate and with a winged petiole. Scapes, glabrous or slightly hairy, to 40cm, farinose towards the apex with 7-15 mauve to blue-purple flowers in a capitate inflorescence. Calyx usually farinose. Richards described P. bellidifolia subsp. hyacinthina noting that it differs by the white farina under the leaves, though this character can vary, by being strongly fragrant, but mostly through a distinct distribution in Tsari, SE Tibet. Plants which strongly resemble P. hyacinthina have been found in NW Arunachal Pradesh and so this subspecies should be included within the species. May be mistaken for P. umbratilis which is efarinose and has a different leaf shape. May also be mistaken for P. capitata which is usually white farinose under the leaves and only minutely glandular, not pubescent, on the upper surface.
