Primula faberi Oliver, in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 18: t. 1789. 1888.
Section Amethystina
Link to Flora of China description
Type specimen: Faber 325 resides at The New York Botanic Garden Herbarium (specimen NY00329538) and at Kew Herbarium (specimen K000732907) and at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh herbarium (specimen E00024041).
P. cylindriflora (syn): Hand.-Mazz., Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl., Anz. 57:270. 1920.Type specimen: Handel-Mazzetti 1767 resides at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh herbarium (specimen E00024042) and at Kew Herbarium (specimen K000732906) and Botanische Staatssammlung München (specimen M0173576).
P. lecomtei (syn): Petitmengin, Monde Pl. II, 17:216. 1907. Type specimen: Wilson 4040 resides at Paris (specimen P04588096)and Herbarium Hamburgense (specimen HBG510914) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh herbarium (specimen E00024798).
Epithet: Named for Rev. E. Faber
Distribution: SW Sichuan, NE Yunnan, China.
A yellow flowered, efarinose species distinguished by other members of the Section by the large bracts which almost conceal the calyx, and by the compact inflorescence with short pedicels. The leaves are oblong to oblanceolate, with an irregularly denticulate cartilaginous margin, pointed at the apex. Grows in wet areas in mountain meadows and pastures.
