Primula stenocalyx Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg xxvii. (1881) 498.
Section Pulchella
Link to Flora of China description
Type specimen: Przewalski s.n. (1873, 1880 Kansu occidentali alte alpina) resides at V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute and KEW (specimen K000750047) and Paris (specimen P04907096) and Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (specimen 00027747).
P. stenocalyx var. luteofarinosa (syn): W.W.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 16:225 1931. Type specimen: Rock 17520, 17549 resides at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024132) and British Museum (specimen BM000996915) and Harvard (specimen 00073559) and Smithsonian (specimen 00730802) and New York Botanic Garden (specimen 329557) and Paris (specimen P04907255) and Field Museum Chicago (specimen 732635) and Swedish Museum of Natural History (specimen S09-47105). A yellow farinosa variant.
P. biondiana (syn): Petitm., Bull. Herb. Boissier Ser. II. vii. 963 (1907). Type specimen: Giraldi 838 resides at Herbarium Universitatis Florentinae?
P. cognata (syn): Duthie, Gard. Chron. 1906, xxxix. 358. Type specimen: Culture from seeds of Wilson collected in Sichuan. resides at ?
P. kanseana (syn): Pax & K.Hoffm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 17: 96. 1921. Type specimen: Limpricht 2080 resides at Universität Wien (specimen WU 0059744) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimens E00024462, E00024463)
P. leptopoda (syn): Bureau & Franch., J. Bot. (Morot) v. 97. 1891. Type specimen: D'Orleans & Bonvalot s.n. 9 May 1890, Thibet. resides at Paris (specimen P00649660) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024464).
P. stenocalyx var. dealbata (syn): Farrer, Gard. Chron., ser. 3 58: 332 1915. ined.
P. loczyi (syn): Kanitz, Növényt. Gyujtesek Eredm. Grof Szechenyi Bela Keletazsiai Utjabol 36. 1891. Type specimen: Loczy 202c resides at Hungarian Natural History Museum?
P. borealis Duby var. loczii (syn): Pax, Pflanzenr. (Engler) 4, 237: 81. 1905.
Epithet: Named for the narrow calyx.
Distribution: Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xizang (Tibet), Shaanxi.
A widely distributed species characterized by the strongly 5-ribbed, long tubular calyx. This species varies in being efarinose, white farinose or yellow farinose. Leaves are obovate to oblanceolate or spathulate with an attenuate base to a winged petiole, rounded apex and entire or finely denticulate margin. the scape is 1-15cm with 4-16 bluish-lavender to pink annulate flowers, often with a white eye.
