Entire-leaved Primrose
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Common Name: Entire-leaved Primrose
Family: Primrose - Primulaceae
Genus: Primula
Species: integrifolia
Date Taken: 06/07/2014
Altitude: 2725m
Area: Engadine
Walking Notes: Murtèl station towards Coaz hut, descent to Roseg and Pontresina
Location: The Fuorcla Surlej
Flower Notes: 2-5cm tall; leaves in a basal rosette, small, lanceolate, gradually narrowing towards the base (almost no petiole), virtually glabrous, entire; calyx 1/3-3/4 as long as the corolla tube; corolla red-violet, white by the entrance to the throat, without meal, lobes 6-10mm long, deeply emarginate. Hollows, snow-patches, open grassland; humid soils, poor in calcium, with late-lying snow. 1800-2900m, flowering time 6-7. Rather common. Primula integrifolia is a low growing plant the leaves of which have no serrations. It can be lilac pink or a deeper purple. Similar to Primula hirsuta and Primula latifolia.