Primula clarkei G. Watt, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 4. 1882. , drawing
Section Oreophlomis
Link to Flora of Pakistan description
Type specimen: C. B. Clarke 28440A resides at KEW (specimen K000750218) and (CAL, E, BM, B?).
Epithet: Named for the collector Charles Baron Clarke.
Distribution: Kashmir, NE Pakistan/India
A small, creeping species with a distinctive efarinose, orbicular leaf blade to 1.5cm, a crenate margin and a distinct broad petiole. The flower stem is obsolete or very short and flowers are borne singly. Flower color is rose-pink and the corolla is exannulate. Known from only the type locality. Hybridizes with P. rosea and P. warshenewskiana represented in the last two images.
