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Primula poissonii (Primula poissonii)

Description

Primula poissonii (海仙花 hai xian hua) is a species of perennial Candelabra primula flower, native to wet areas at altitudes of 2500–3100 meters in western Sichuan and central and northern Yunnan, China. Its leaves form a rosette, with leaf blades obovate-elliptic to oblanceolate, strongly tapering to base. The corolla is deep purplish crimson or rose-purple, tubular, 0.9 to 1.1 cm in length, rising from a scape of 20–45 cm in length.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Ericales

            • Family: Primulaceae

              • Genus: Primula