Primula tenuis Small
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Authority
New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium of Dr. Per Axel Rydberg. Purchased, 1899. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden.
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Family
Primulaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Perennial, glabrous, bright green. Leaves basal, 0.5-1.5 cm. long; blades oblong, oval or suborbicular, undulate or toothed, obtuse or acutish, much shorter than the slender petioles: scapes erect, wire-like, 5-10 cm. tall, solitary: bracts linear-subulate, 1-5 mm. long: calices 3-5 mm. high, tubes turbinate, segments narrowly lanceolate to narrowly linear, longer than the tube, acute: corollas pink, 4-5 mm. broad; tubes surpas.sing the calices, 4 mm long, notched at the apex.
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Discussion
A delicate species related to Primula borealis, but much more slender ; easily distinguished by its flimsy leaves, shorter pedicels turbinate calyx-tubes and narrow calyx-segments. The corolla tube is further exserted than in Privmla borealis and the more delicate lobes less deeply notched.
The original specimens were collected by W. H. Dall, on June 25, 1871, or 1872 -
Distribution
In moist places, Pastolic, Alaska.
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