Primula tongolensis Franch.
Section Petiolares
Link to Flora of China description
Type specimen: Soulié 529 resides at P (specimen P04907189 (holotype)) and E (specimens E00024314, E00024315).
Primula dielsii Petitm. Type specimen Wilson 4030 resides at P (specimen P00649654 (holotype)) and E (specimens E00024313, E00024316) and BM (specimen BM000996790) and A (specimen 00073535) and HBG (specimen HBG-570918).
Primula gentianoides W.W.Sm. & Kingdon-Ward Type specimen: Kingdon-Ward 5088 resides at E (specimens E00024311 (holotype), E00024312) and P (specimen P04567537) and K (specimen K000750131) and US (specimen US00116479).
Epithet: Named for the original collection location, "Tongolo", in Sichuan.
Distribution: Sichuan, Yunnan, China.
P. tongolensis is a dwarf, glabrous species that grows at high elevations of 4000-4500m. It has a seed capsule which disintergrates at maturity and so is placed in section Petiolares. Leaves appear with the flowers and bud scales are evident. The leaf blade is fleshy, broadly spathulate, base tapering to the petiole, apex rounded and margin entire or subentire. Scape is obsolete, bracts absent, pedicels 1-4 per plant. Calyx broadly tubular to tubular-campanulate, parted to nearly middle, lobes ovate, rounded at apex and imbricate. Corolla is bluish-violet, exannulate, lobes oblong-obovate to oblanceolate, entire or slightly emarginate. Tube 2x the calyx and lined with hairs.
