Primula pedemontana E.Thomas ex Gaudin
Section Auricula
Lectotype specimen designated by Florian C. Boucher et. al. (2026) : E. Thomas s.n., Italy, Piemont,
“Vallée de Lauzo en Piémont”, 1828 resides at G-DC (specimen G00138969).
Auricula-ursi pedemontana (E.Thomas ex Gaudin) Soják.
Primula latifolia subsp. pedemontana (E.Thomas ex Gaudin) Rouy.
Primula viscosa var. pedemontana (E.Thomas ex Gaudin) Arcang.
Primula viscosa subsp. pedemontana (E.Thomas ex Gaudin) Arcang.
Auricula-ursi pedemontana subsp. iberica (Losa & P.Monts.) Soják.
Primula bonjeanii Nyman.
Primula pedemontana subsp. iberica Losa & P.Monts.
Primula viscosa var. glandulosa Duby.
Epithet: Named for the Piedmont province, Italy.
Primula pedemontana is an efarinose, evergreen species, distinguished by fleshy leaves, hairs on the leaf margin with glands ranging from dark red to black and peduncle largely longer than the leaf length. Flowers pink. A disjunct population exists in Spain, as P. pedemontana subsp. iberica Losa & P.Monts., but its status has not been assessed. A hybrid with P. villosa is named P. X boni-auxilii Kress. Grows on acidic soils (granite) and is particularly abundant in the region around Col du Mont Cenis.
