Primula secundiflora Franch.
Section Proliferae
Link to Flora of China description
Type specimen: Delavay 3 (11 Juillet 1884) resides at P (specimens P04544817, P04544812, P04544810, P04544811, P04544814) and E (specimen E00024350).
Reference Paper: Zhu Hui-Fen, et. al., Systematic position of Primula secundiflora (Primulaceae inferred from nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS sequence data.
P. x dschungdienensis Hand.-Mazz. (hybrid P. poissonii x P. secundiflora): Type specimen: Handel-Mazzettii 4623 resides at WU (specimen WU0059711).
P. vittata Bureau & Franch. (syn): Type specimen: Bonvalot & D'Orléans s.n. (13 Juin 1890) resides at P (specimen P04907271).
Epithet: Named for the drooping pedicels.
Distribution: Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai, Tibet (Xizang).
Leaves oblong, oblong-elliptic to oblanceolate tapering to a broadly winged petiole, apex subrounded to acute, margin finely to deeply crenate-serrate. Scape to 90cm, white farinose at the apex and on the pedicels, with 1-2 whorls or nodding, exannulate, infundibuliform reddish-purple flowers. Calyx cut almost to the middle into lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate lobes, tinged with purple from lobe apex to base, thickly coated with white farina between lobes. White forms are known. Hybridizes with P. poissonii in the wild (P. dschungdienensis). In cultivation, has been hybridized with P. biserrata and P. wilsonii. The Sectional affinity of this species was in question until DNA analysis was conducted (see reference paper).
