Pan India Bouquets

Primula megalocarpa H.Hara

Family : Primulaceae
(Primrose Or Primula Family)
Family (Hindi name) : KRISHNANEEL FAMILY (कृष्ण नील फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Primula megalocarpa H.Hara
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : Wet alpine cliffs and screes, rocky streamsides and by waterfalls, 3960 - 4880 m.
Key identification features : Bracts leafy, subequalling pedicels, Calyx lobes oblanceolate, broadest near apex, rounded; corolla lobes bilobed
Flower, Fruit : June-August
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
Native : Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to South Tibet
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 168; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 534
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Primula megalocarpa. Downloaded on 4 July 2022.