Primula fasciculata Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 9: 16. 1915.
section Armerina
Link to Flora of China description
Type specimen: Kingdon Ward 279 resides at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimens E00024154, E00284728).
P. reginella (syn): Balf.f., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 9: 197. 1916. Type specimen: Soulie 879 resides at Kew (specimens K000750050, K000750052, K000750053).
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Epithet: Named for the cluster of solitary pedicels.
Distribution: Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, China.
A tiny efarinose species, leaves fleshy, glabrous, at most 15mm x 7mm, oblong to elliptic, rounded at the apex, rounded to broadly cuneate at the base, margin entire with a narrowly winged petiole. Scape either absent or at most 2.5cm so flowers are solitary or 1-6 on a scape. Bracts linear 8-10mm. Flowers rose to bright pink, (rarely white), with a yellow eye. Described from plants collected near Zhongdian, Yunnan. According to the Flora of China this species is not found in Tibet. See related species P. tibetica and P. nutans.
