Primula reptans Hook.f. ex G. Watt in J. Linn. Soc. 20:14. 1882. ( t. 13B )
Section Minutissimae
Link to Flora of Pakistan description
Link to Nepal checklist
Type specimen: C. B. Clarke 29843 resides at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024504).
P. stracheyi (syn): Hook.f. ex Munro in The Garden. 16:535. 1879. pro parte.
P. stracheyi (syn): Hook.f. & Thomson ex Watt J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 14. 1882., drawing; et ex Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 3: 495, partim . Specimens: Strachey & Winterbottom, C.B. Clarke resides at KEW (specimens K000750285, K000750284, K000750283) and Harvard (specimen 00073586) and Paris (specimen P04544726) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024504).
Distribution: NW HImalaya from N Pakistan, NW India to W and C Nepal.
P. reptans is a tiny, efarinose, creeping species forming loose mats in mossy areas on rocks. Leaves are rounded and incised with lobes which can be recurved. Can be confused in the wild with P. minutissima but is distinguished by the leaves and the lack of farina.
