Pan India Bouquets

Primula sulphurea (Hook.f.) Craib

Family : Primulaceae
(Primrose Or Primula Family)
Family (Hindi name) : KRISHNANEEL FAMILY (कृष्ण नील फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
Synonym(s) : Primula gracilipes subsp. sulphurea (Hook.f.) A.J.Richards; Primula scullyi Craib
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Primula gracilipes Craib
Habit : Perennial herb
Habitat : On damp shady banks, streamsides, mossy rocks and in ravines, in Abies/Rhododendron forest or Rhododendron scrub, 1980 - 4720 m. altitude
Key identification features : Plants with farina, at least on calyx
Flower, Fruit : May-July
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district,South Sikkim (Namchi) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling 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: 169; 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: 527-528
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 sulphurea. Downloaded on 7 July 2022.