Primula flava Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg xxvii. (1881) 497.
Section Pulchella
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Type specimen: Przewalski s.n. 1880 Hoangho, Gansu resides at V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute, Saint Petersburg and Chinese Acadamey of Sciences, Beijing (specimen 00027741).
P. citrina (syn):Balf.f. & Purdom, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 12. 1915. Type specimen: Purdom 739 resides at KEW (specimen K000750081) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024129). More robust.
Epithet: Named for the yellow flowers.
Distribution: Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan.
Distinguished from other members of the Section by the yellow flowers. Leaves petiolate, broadly ovate to elliptic , sometimes suborbicular, rounded at the apex, margin serrate-dentate, densely covered below with white farina. Scapes 2-10cm with 2-13 yellow, exannulate flowers. Bracts lanceolate, swollen at the base, but sometimes pouched. See related P. stenocalyx, P. pulchella. If you have an image of this species, please contact the webmaster. 如果你有这个物种的图像，请与网站管理员联系。
