Primula concinna G. Watt, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 5. 1882. , drawing.
Section Pulchella
Link to Flora of China description
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Link to Nepal checklist
Type specimen: J. D. Hooker 21 (Sikkim, Tibetan passes) resides at KEW (specimens K000750307, K000750308, K000750309) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024454) and British Museum (specimen BM000997029) and Harvard (specimen 00073571) and Swedish Museum of Natural History (specimen S09-47086).
P. farinosa L. var. concinna (G. Watt) (syn): Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10(3): 201. 1888.
Epithet: Named for its compact form resembling a reduced state of P. farinosa.
Distribution: Nepal, Tibet (Xizang), Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Bhutan.
Initially compared to a reduced state of Primula farinosa, this species forms cushion like masses with scapes up to only 1 cm high. The annulate flowers vary in color from dark pink to pale pink/lilac to white, with a yellow eye, 1-6 flowers per scape. Leaves are oblanceolate to spathulate with an indistinct petiole, yellow farinose below and sometimes sparcely farinose above. Margin is entire or obscurely crenulate. Calyx campanulate, farinose cut to middle into lanceolate lobes, apex acute to obtuse. Capsule shortly oblong, equalling the calyx and parting by 5 valves. Can be confused with P. walshi which is distinguished by being efarinose and having short hairs on the leaves and calyx.
