Primula coerulea Forrest, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 4: 221. 1908.
Section Davidii
Link to Flora of China description
Type specimen: Forrest 1814 resides at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimens E00024317, E00024318, E00024319) and KEW (specimen K000750138) and Paris (specimen P04571650).
Epithet: Named for the purple-blue color of the flowers.
Distribution: Yunnan, China.
Endemic to the Dali Range, both sides, growing in open exposed places on rocks in side valleys. Very rare and little known. Distinguished by being hairy, with a long rhizome and with bud-scales at flowering. Leaves are oblong, rounded at the base and apex, and with hairs on the midrib and veins. Scape is conspicuously hairy, sporting usually a single flower (sometimes 2-3), of a deep purple-blue. If you have an image of this species, please contact the webmaster.
