Family: Primulaceae
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Primula elizabethae Ludlow ex W.W.Sm.
Type of Primula elizabethae Ludlow ex W.W.Sm.
Collector/Expedition: Ludlow, Frank, Sherriff, George & Taylor, George
Collection number: 3985
Collection date: 7th June 1938
Country/Territory: China
Collecting locality: China:South-Eastern Tibet:Takpo province; Chubumbu La (South side) Langong
Latitude: 28°45'N, Longitude: 94°E
Habitat: Common on South side of pass only on open avalanche slopes
Description: specimens show winter bud stage, plant in bud and in full flower. Winter buds are dark crimson, velvety, tinged yellow. Many fully opened flowers have a crimson tinge. 1-or 2-flowered, corolla primrose yellow with very distinct farinaceous eye. Very fragrant. Tube yellow, usually crimson tinged at base. Calyx dark crimson, velvety. Pedicels same, bracts more crimson. Scape green with tinge of red. Leaves soft matt green above. very pale, green, flushed crimson below. Petioles green, roots white. The bigger the leaves the less crimson below.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00024611
Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00024611
Herbarium region: 3A (Outer China incl. Tibet)
Number of sheets: 1
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