Primula halleri

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

{{Speciesbox

|image=Primula halleri Bucegi-10.jpg

|image_caption=Habit

|image2=Primula halleri Atlas Alpenflora.jpg

|image2_caption=Botanical illustration

|genus=Primula

|species=halleri

|authority=J.F.Gmel.

|synonyms_ref=

|synonyms={{Collapsible list|

  • Aleuritia farinosa subsp. platyphylla {{small|(O.Schwarz) Soják}}
  • Aleuritia halleri {{small|(J.F.Gmel.) Soják}}
  • Aleuritia longiflora {{small|(All.) Spach}}
  • Primula farinosa subsp. longiflora {{small|(All.) Bonnier & Layens}}
  • Primula halleri subsp. platyphylla {{small|O.Schwarz}}
  • Primula longiflora {{small|All.}}

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Primula halleri, the long-flowered primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to the Alps, Carpathians, and some of the mountain ranges of the Balkan Peninsula.{{cite POWO |id=702008-1 |title=Primula halleri J.F.Gmel. |access-date=27 August 2023 }}{{cite web |url=https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/PRIHA |title=Primula halleri (PRIHA) |author= |date=2023 |website=EPPO Global Database |publisher=European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization |access-date=27 August 2023 }} A perennial, it is found at elevations of {{cvt|1500|to|2700|m}}.{{cite journal |title=Development of 12 Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci in the High Alpine Perennial Primula halleri (Primulaceae) |date=2013 |last1=Zhang |first1=Li-Rui |last2=Conti |first2=Elena |last3=Keller |first3=Barbara |last4=Nowak |first4=Michael D. |journal=Applications in Plant Sciences |volume=1 |issue=12 |doi=10.3732/apps.1300052 |pmid=25202506 |pmc=4103119 }} Its main pollinator is the hummingbird hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum.{{cite journal |title=Reproductive implications of herkogamy in homostylous primroses: Variation during anthesis and reproductive assurance in alpine environments |date=2012 |last1=Vos |first1=Jurriaan M. |last2=Keller |first2=Barbara |last3=Isham |first3=Samuel T. |last4=Kelso |first4=Sylvia |last5=Conti |first5=Elena |journal=Functional Ecology |volume=26 |issue=4 |pages=854–865 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02016.x |doi-access=free }}

{{Gallery

|Primula Halleri Bucegi-1.JPG|Flowers

|Primula halleri Bucegi-11.jpg|Group

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