Primula fistulosa Turkev.
Section Aleuritia
Link to Flora of China description
Many syntype specimens listed: Karo VI. 1898 resides at K (specimen K001017744) and E (specimen E00098586) and Komarov, V. 13/V 1896 resides at K (specimen K001017745 (original material?)).
Synonyms:
Aleuritia fistulosa Soják
Primula farinosa subsp. fistulosa (Turkev.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest
Primula fistulosa var. breviscapa P.H.Huang & L.H.Zhuo
Epithet: Named for the fistular scape (hollow).
Distribution: Nei Mongol, Hebei, Beijing, Heilongjiang, Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye.
Primula fistulosa was first collected in the mid 1800's from moist meadows in river valleys of Amur, Manchuria and Mongolia. Its distribution extends into Heilongjiang and Nei Mongol. Leaves oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse at the apex and tapering into a broadly winged petiole, margin irregularly denticulate, efarinose, to 12cm long, 1.5cm wide. The scape is thick, fistular, slightly farinose at the apex, to 20cm high (47cm in fruit), bearing a spherical umbel of 5-40 rose-violet, emarginate, annulate, heterostylous flowers.
