Primula stuartii Wall.
Section Crystallophlomis
Link to Nepal checklist
Type specimen: Wallich 606 resides at K (specimens K000750258, K000639661 (in part)) and at A (specimen 00073588).
Primula stuartii Hook.f. (partim) (syn).
P. stuartii var. typica (syn): G.Watt, J. Linn. S. B. 20: 12. 1882. Type specimen: Wallich 606 in part
Distribution: C and E Nepal, NE India (Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir and N Uttar Pradesh).
Epithet: Named after Robert Stuart (-1820), Assistant British Resident at the court of Nepal and friend of the collector Wallich.
Initial collecitions of P. stuartii were made at Gossain Than, Nepal. P. stuartii forms a large, farinous resting bud. The leaves are sharply toothed along the edge and yellow farinous below. The plant reaches 20-30cm and has usually one, rarely two umbels of yellow flowers. Hybridizes with P. macrophylla var moorcroftiana which is shown in the last three images.
