Primula marginata

Gewelltrandige Primrose ( Primula marginata )

The Gewelltrandige Primrose ( Primula marginata ) is a plant that belongs to the genus of primroses (Primula ).

Description

The Gewelltrandige primrose grows as a perennial herbaceous plant, reaching heights of growth 5-12 centimeters. It has a floury pollinated stems. The arranged in a basal rosette leaves are often mealy and have an inverted - ovate to elliptic leaf blade with blunt serrated and weißmehligen margin.

The flowering period extends from May to July. Three to 15 flowers are borne in a doldigen inflorescence. The flower stem is 3 to 20 millimeters long. The fragrant, hermaphrodite flower is radial symmetry and fünfzählig double perianth. The membranous bracts are broad - ovate, with a length of up to 10 millimeters. The 2-6 mm long, mealy surface powdered calyx has ovate and short calyx teeth. The pinkish-purple to blue- purple crown has a diameter of up to 20 millimeters and has easy ausgerandete Corolla lobe, and a weißmehligen ring at the throat. The corolla tube is about three times as long as the calyx.

Occurrence

The Gewelltrandige Primrose is endemic in the West Alps in Italy and France. Here she comes montane to alpine at altitude 500-2600 meters in crevices on limestone and calcareous shale ago.

Documents

• Gunter Steinbach (ed.): Alpine Flowers ( Steinbach nature guide ). Mosaik Verlag GmbH, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-576-10558-1.