Primula walshii Craib, Journ. Roy. Hort. Soc., Lond. 39: 190. 1913.
Section Minutissimae
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Type specimen: Walsh 141 resides at KEW (specimens K000750293, K000750294) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimens E00024528, E00024529, E00024530).
P. petrocharis (syn): Pax & K.Hoffm. , Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 95. 1921. Type specimen: Limpricht 1329, 1470 resides at Universität Wien (specimen WU 0059729 and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimens E00024188, E00024189) and Swedish Museum of Natural History (specimen S09-47105).
P. hsiungiana (syn): W.P.Fang, Acta Sci. Nat. Univ. Szechuan. 1956(1): 92 (1956). Type specimen: Ho 12856 resides at PE - Institute of Botany, Chinese Acadamy of Sciences, Beijing (specimen 00027756).
Epithet: Named for Ernest Herbert Cooper Walsh.
Distribution: Sikkim through Chumbi, Bhutan, S Tibet (Xizang) to Sichuan.
P. walshii is an efarinose, tiny Primula (less than 3 cm in fruit) with short hairs covering the leaves and calyx. Easily mistaken for P. concinna which is farinose and glabrous or P. pumilio which is efarinose and glabrous. Careful observation in the field and good closeup images of the calyx and both sides of the leaves are required for identification. It is widely distributed but is easily overlooked due to its size.
