Primula glutinosa Wulfen in Jacquin Fl. Austriac. 5:41. 1778. drawing t. 26
Section Auricula, Subsection Cyanopsis
Type specimen: Unspecified, original material resides at Linnean Society of London Herbarium (specimens LINN-HS271-21, LINN-HL198-13) and Botanische Staatssammlung München (specimens M0174620, M0174621).
P. X floerkeana: Schrad. in Kruenitz, Oecon. Encyc. cxvii. 393. 1811. (digital version, lookup Primula) The hybrid P. glutinosa X P. minima.
P. X biflora: Huter ex Kern, Oesterr. Bot. Z. 25: 158. 1875. The hybrid P. glutinosa X P. minima which approaches P. minima.
P. X huteri: Kern., Oesterr. Bot. Z. 25: 159. 1875. The hybrid P. glutinosa X P. minima which approaches P. glutinosa.
P. X salisburgensis: Willd. ex Schott, Wilde Blendl. Prim. 8. t. 1. The hybrid P. glutinosa X P. minima which is intermediate but with deeply notched, wedge shaped leaves and large deep red-purple flowers.
Epithet: Named for the glutinous (sticky) glands.
Distribution: Eastern Alps- Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Bosnia.
A glabrous species growing on acidic soils, leaves are erect oblanceolate to oblong with a rounded apex, denticulate margin and glandular-punctate which makes them sticky. Flowers are blue-violet with a dark ring at the eye. The last 7 images are of the hybrid with P. minima, described as P. x floerkeana. It was suggested by Smith, Burrow and Lowe that hybrid forms close to P. minima be called P. floerkeana f. biflora, intermediate forms be called P. floerkeana f. salisburgensis and forms close to P. glutinosa be called P. floerkeana f. huteri.
