Primula kitaibeliana Schott
Section Auricula, Subsection Cyanopsis
Type specimen: In rupibus alp. et subalp. Velebit/Herbar Kitaibel 2324 resides at BP (specimen not online).
Auricula-ursi kitaibeliana (Schott) Soják (syn).
P. integrifolia Vis. non L. (syn).
P. viscosa Waldst. & Kit.(syn).
P. viscosa Schult., Oesterr. Fl. ed. Secund. I. P.376 (1814.)
Reference Paper: L.B. Zhang, J.W. Kadereit, Classification of Primula sect. Auricula (Primulaceae). 2004.
Epithet: Named for Pál Kitaibel, a Hungarian botanist.
Distribution: Western Balkans (Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina).
A species closely related to P. integrifolia but a larger plant, strongly smelling and with a longer peduncle. It is efarinose. The leaves are obovate, erect, with a slightly toothed margin and covered in glandular hairs. Flowers dark pink, usually with a star shaped white eye. Often occurs in moist grassy pockets on cool limestone cliffs.
