Primula parryi

A. Gray

Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 34: 257. 1862 ,.

Common names: Parry’s primrose
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 300. Mentioned on page 290.

Plants 15–50 cm, herbaceous; rhizomes short, stout; rosettes often clumped; vegetative parts efarinose. Leaves rankly aromatic, indistinctly petiolate; petiole broadly winged; blade without deep reticulate veins abaxially, broadly lanceolate or oblanceolate to oblong-obovate, 1–33 (–40) × 1.5–7 cm, thick, margins almost entire or remotely denticulate, apex rounded to acute, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 5–25-flowered; involucral-bracts plane, unequal. Pedicels arcuate, somewhat thick, 10–50 mm, length 1–6 times bracts, flexuous. Flowers heterostylous; calyx green, often purple-tinged, cylindric to campanulate, 8–15 mm; corolla magenta, tube 5–20 mm, length 0.9–1 times calyx, with prominent glands basally and distally, limb 10–25 mm diam., lobes 5–12 mm, apex emarginate. Capsules ellipsoid to cylindric, length 1 times calyx. Seeds without flanged edges, reticulate. 2n = 44.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Subalpine bogs, streamsides, wet meadows
Elevation: 2700-4200 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Utah, Wyo.

Discussion

Primula parryi has the largest and most showy plants of the native North American primroses, growing to almost 50 centimeters in protected sites. It is common on subalpine streamsides and also occurs on the alpine tundra in wet areas near snowmelt seeps. The strong skunky odor of this species is unique in the North American primroses, often lingering even on herbarium specimens. It is the most common species of the genus in the western United States.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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rounded;acute +
Sylvia Kelso +
A. Gray +
narrowed +, rounded +  and tapered +
33 cm330 mm <br />0.33 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (33 cm330 mm <br />0.33 m <br />) +
crenulate +  and denticulate +
oblanceolate;oblong-obovate +
1 +  and 5 +
purple-tinged;green +
puberulent +, pilose +  and glabrous +
cylindric +  and campanulate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
ellipsoid +  and cylindric +
Parry’s primrose +
campanulate +
Ariz. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Utah +  and Wyo. +
flanged +
2700-4200 m +
heterostylous +
operculate +  and capsular +
Subalpine bogs, streamsides, wet meadows +
nectariferous +
solitary +, involucrate +  and 2-25+-flowered +
aromatic +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
not reflexed +
denticulate +  and entire +
tenuinucellate +  and bitegmic +
reflexed +, nodding +, arching +, spreading +  and erect +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
yellow;white;yellow;white;violet;rose;pink;magenta;lavender +
Flowering summer. +
Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. +
vesiculate +  and reticulate +
4-angled +, oblong +  and ovoid +
connate +  and distinct +
inflated +
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species +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
perennial +  and annual +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
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