Primula cicutariifolia Pax
Section Ranunculoides
Link to Flora of China description
Type specimen: Limpricht 822 resides at B (still exists?) and WU (not online) and E (specimen E00024331 (photo of WU specimen)).
P. erodioides (syn): Schltr., Type specimen: K.K. Tsoong 3285 resides at B (still exists?) and PE and E (specimen E00024330).
P. ranunculoides var. minor (syn): F.H.Chen, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1:178. 1951. Lectotype specimen: C.X. Zhong s.n. resides at LBG (specimen LBG00118043).
Epithet: Named for leaves divided like the genus Cicuta?
Distribution: Anhui, Zhejiang, China.
See J.-W. Shao et al. (2012), Reappraisal of Primula ranunculoides (Primulaceae), an endangered species endemic to China, based on morphological, molecular genetic and reproductive characters
See D.-Y. Wang et al. (2014), Highly differentiated populations of the narrow endemic and endangered species Primula cicutariifolia in China, revealed by ISSR and SSR
An biennial species with pinnatisect leaves and homostylous flowers. Grows along water sides and broadleaf deciduous forest edges, at low elevations, 900m and below. It previously included P. ranunculoides as a synonym, but research has shown the two to be distinct. Differs from related P. merrilliana in having fewer pinnae, solitary umbels and corolla lobes cuneate-oblong with an emarginate apex.
