Primula prattii Hemsl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. xxix. (1892) 314.
Section Pulchella
Link to Flora of China description
Type specimen: Pratt 522 resides at KEW (specimen K000750199) and Paris (specimen P04544553).
P. sulphurea (syn): Pax & K.Hoffm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 96. 1921. Type specimen: Limpricht 1893, 2322 resides at Universität Wien, Vienna (specimen WU 0059700).
P. pulchella subsp. prattii (Hemsl.) (syn): Halda, Gen. Primula 268. 1992.
Epithet: Named for the collector Antwerp Edgar Pratt.
Distribution: Sichuan, China.
This species is similar to the purple flowered P. pulchella and was compared with that in the original description. It is similar enough, though dwarfer and with narrower leaves, that some authorities have placed it as a subspecies of P. pulchella. Leaves spathulate to linear oblanceolate, base attenuate into a narrowly winged petiole, margin crenate and often narrowly revolute, apex subobtuse and yellow farinose below. Scapes to 25cm with 4-12 yellow flowers with a darker eye. Bracts lanceolate to linear-lanceolate and swollen but not pouched at the base. Compare with related P. pulchella and also the yellow flowered P. flava.
