Primula daonensis (Leyb.) Leyb., Stirp. Alp. Repert.: 21 t. 9 1855. and in Flora 38 (22): 345,1855. drawing t. 12.
Section Auriucla, Subsection Erythrodosum
Type specimen: Leybold s.n. 1848 (Cima del Frate) not found, neotype drawing Leyb. in Flora 38:345. t. 12. 1855. designated in the additional reference below.
P. X discolor (syn): Leyb., Flora 38: 344. 1855. The hybrid P. auricula X P. daonensis.
P. X kolbiana (syn): Stein, Gartenflora 35:240. 1886. The hybrid P. latifolia X P. daonensis.
P. X pumila (syn): A. Kern., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 25(5): 156. 1875. The hybrid P. minima X P. daonensis.
P. X seriana (syn): Widmer, Eur. Art. Primula 97. 1891. The hybrid P. daonensis X P. hirusta.
P. villosa var. daonensis (syn): Leyb., Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 4: 10. 1854. Type specimen: Leybold s.n. 1848 (Cima del Frate) not found, neotype drawing Leyb. in Flora 38:345. t. 12. 1855. designated in the additional reference below.
P. stelviana (syn): Vulp., Flora 41:549. 1858. Type specimen: not specified.
P. oenensis (syn): Thomas ex Schott, Oesterr. Bot. Wochenbl. 2:36. 1852. Type specimen: Thomas s.n. (sur St. Marie Grisons) resides at Naturhistorisches Museum Wien and Johannes Gutenberg-Universität.
P. villosa var oenensis (Thomas ex Schott) (syn): Fiori & Parletti, Fl. Anal. Ital. 2:313. 1900. Type specimen: as above.
P. oenensis var. judicariae (syn): Widmer, Eur. Art. Primula 45, 51, 141. 1891. Type specimen: Porta July 1887, Magiassone resides at Botanische Staatssammlung München.
P. oenensis f. breviscapa (syn): Widmer, Eur. Art. Primula 49. 1891 Type specimen: not specified.
Additional reference: Typification and synonymization in Primula sect. Auricula (Primulaceae) Zhang & Kadereit. Taxon 54 (3). August 2005. 775-788.
Epithet: Named for Val di Daone, Italy.
Distribution: Italy, Austria, Switzerland.
A species similar to P. hirsuta but distinguished by the large red orbicular glands on the leaves, and a capsule equal or exceeding the calyx. The flowering stem is short but above the leaves and the flowers are rose-purple, usually with a distinct white eye. Grows in a small area in the vicinity of the frontiers of Switzerland, Austria and Italy, on acidic rocks/stoney soils.
