Primula scotica, Hooker

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8. P. scotica Hooker in Curtis, FI. Lond. 4: 1.133 (1821).

Farinose; homostylous . Leaves 1 -5 x 0-4-1 - 5 cm, elliptical, oblong or spathulate, entire or remotely crenulate-denticulate, usually abundantly farinose beneath. Scapes 0-5-6(-9) cm, l-2(-4) in number, farinose, 1 - to 6-flowered. Bracts 2-5 mm, lanceolate, subsaccate at base, farinose. Pedicels 1 -5 mm. Calyx 4-6 mm; teeth obtuse, farinose. Corolla 5—8(—10) mm in diameter, dark purple with a yellow throat, rarely white; tube 1 | times as long as calyx. Stigma obscurely 5-lobed. Capsule equalling or exceeding calyx. 2« = 54. Moist pastures near the sea. • N. Scotland. Br.