Primula hookeri
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|genus = Primula
|species = hookeri
|authority = Watt.
|synonyms =
- Primula vernicosa Ward. (1916)
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Primula hookeri (commonly known as Hooker's primrose) is a perennial species of primrose which is found at the altitudes of {{convert|3900|-|5000|m}} in Eastern Himalayas as well as in Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast India{{cite web|url=https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Hooker%27s%20Primrose.html|title=Hooker's Primrose|work=Flowers of India|accessdate=26 January 2019}} and southeastern Tibet and northwestern Yunnan provinces of China.{{cite journal|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200017275|title=Primula hookeri|journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=20|issue=14|year=1882}}
Description
The species' leaves are subsessile, are {{convert|1.5|-|4|cm}} by {{convert|0.6|-|1.5|cm}} and are slightly emergent from basal scales at anthesis. The scales themselves are {{convert|0.5|-|2|cm}} long, reddish in color, and are oblong and ovate. The scapes' length is less than {{convert|3|mm}} which includes the leaves which become elongated near the fruit part. Corolla is with a stamen and is white or bluish-violet in color with {{convert|7|-|8|mm}} long tube and {{convert|7|-|10|mm}} wide limb. P. hookeri have an oblong and nearly erect lobes which are subtruncate and a little bit emarginated at the apex. The bracts are linear and subulate and are {{convert|5|-|7|mm}}. The pedicel is glandular and is {{convert|1|-|2|mm}}. Flowers homostylous. Calyx is broadly bell-shaped, is minutely glandular and is {{convert|5|-|8|mm}} long, but parted near the middle. Flowers are of yellow color.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h02_CAAAQBAJ&pg=PR98|title=Primula|author=John Richards|origyear=1993|year=2002|page=98|isbn=978-0-7134-8728-2}}
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Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent
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