Primula maximowiczii Regel
Section Crystallophlomis, Subsection Maximowiczii
Link to Flora of China description
Type specimen: Bretschneider 36 resides at LE (specimen LE01032003). See N.K.Kovtonyuk, Typification Primula macrocalyx and P. Maximowiczii (Primulaceae) (PDF).
P. maximowiczii f. flaviflorida (D.Z.Lu) T.J.Feng & Y.F.Hu. (yellow variant).
P. maximowiczii var. flaviflorida D. C. Lu (syn of f.).
P. maximowiczii var. brevifolia Pax (syn). Pflanzenr. (Engler) Primul. 107. 1905.
P. maximowiczii var. dielsiana Pax (syn). Pflanzenr. (Engler) Primul. 107. 1905.
P. oreocharis Hance (syn).
Epithet: Named for Karl Maximovich.
Distribution: Jilin, Beijing Shi, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Mongolia.
Mostly found in an intense scarlet color, plants with pale yellow flowers are found in Beijing Shi and are called P. maximowiczii f. flaviflorida. Where the color forms meet, hybrids of a salmon color can occur. Has been hybridized with P. handeliana in cultivation. Closely related to P. tangutica. Dark purple plants from East Tibet formerly P. maximowiczii var euprepes are now P. advena var euprepes.
