Primula obliqua W.W. Smith, Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh. 26: 119. 1913.
Section Crystallophlomis
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Type specimen: W.W. Smith 3269 (syntype W.W. Smith 3580) resides at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024572) and US National Herbarium (specimen US00116491) and KEW (specimens K000750260, K000750261).
Epithet: Named for the flowers which are held at an oblique angle.
Distribution: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nepal, Bhutan, S Tibet.
Originally included within P. stuartii, this species was described by Smith from plants in Eastern Sikkim. It is distinguished from P. stuartii by the zygomorphic, exannulate flowers (pale yellow to white sometimes with a fleshy tint) with emarginate lobes, and by the calyx lobes which are broadly oblong (lanceolate in P. stuartii). It actually has a large distribution from Mid-Nepal through to Arunachal Pradesh. If you have additional images of this species from Nepal, Sikkim or Arunachal Pradesh, please contact the webmaster.
