Primula bulleyana Forrest, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 4: 231. 1908. , plate XXXIX
Section Proliferae
Link to Flora of China description
Type specimen: Forrest 2440 resides at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimens E00024065, E00024066) and British Museum (specimen BM000996928) and KEW (specimen K000732873) and Paris (specimens P04571464, P04571466).
Reference Paper: Yongpeng Ma, et al., Unidirectional hybridization and reproductive barriers between two heterostylous primrose species in north-west Yunnan, China.
Reference Paper: Zhi-Kun Wu, Chang-Qin Zhang, Comparative study of pollination biology of two closely related alpine Primula species, namely Primula beesiana and P. bulleyana (Primulaceae)
Epithet: Named for Mr. A. K. Bulley of Ness, Neston, Cheshire.
Distribution: Sichuan, Yunnan, China.
Easily distinguished by the flower color , the awl-shaped calyx lobes and some leaves having a red midrib. This is a robust species with scapes to 70cm , farinose at the apex and nodes, and 5-7 whorls of orange flowers. Leaves may be 30cm long and 10cm wide, with an attenuate base and an irregularly denticulate margin. Calyx densely cream farinose inside, parted to the middle or below into oblong-ovate (awl-shaped) lobes. The last images show wild hybrids between P. bulleyana and P. beesiana and also two images of a possible hybrid between P. bulleyana and P. aurantiaca.
