Primula glandulifera Balf.f. & W.W.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 9: 20. 1915.
Section Minutissimae
Link to Nepal checklist
Type specimen: Duthie 3137 (syntype Reid S.N. July 27, 1886, above Dudhpani) resides at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimens E00024494, E00024499, E00024500).
Epithet: Named for being glandular all over except the corolla.
Distribution: Kumaon to Nepal.
Originally collected in Kumaon, it is found through to central Nepal. Primula glandulifera is a small (3cm) tufted species, efarinose but covered in glandular hairs (excepting the corolla), similar to P. walshii, and which may be farini-potent suggesting that this species could become farinose in certain conditions. Leaves are similar in shape to P. spathulifolia being elliptic to oblong-elliptic, rounded at the apex, tapering to a winged petiole and serrate-dentate at the margin. Scape is short with 2-4 exannulate purple flowers with calyx cut to below the middle. Also similar to P. stirtoniana. If you have an image of this species from Kumaon, please contact the webmaster.
