Primula vialii
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|genus = Primula
|species = vialii
|authority = Delavay ex Franch.{{cite web|title=Primula vialii Delavay ex Franch.|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-26401729|publisher=The Plant List|accessdate=12 January 2015}}
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Primula vialii,Delavay ex Franchet (1891) Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 3: 148. Vial's primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, originating from wet meadows, or near water in high valleys of SW Sichuan and northern Yunnan[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200017458 FoC: Primula vialii] in southern China.
Description
Growing to {{convert|40|cm|in|abbr=on}}, it is a herbaceous perennial with erect stalks of flowers growing from basal rosettes of leaves. The flowers initially appear as narrow green spikes turning red and opening pink or violet blossoms from the base upwards, thus giving a striking bicoloured appearance.{{Cite journal |last1=Liu |first1=Yunqi |last2=Zhang |first2=Li |last3=Wang |first3=Shubao |last4=Li |first4=Rui |last5=Huang |first5=Yuan |date=2023-05-04 |title=The complete chloroplast genome of Primula vialii (Primulaceae), an ornamental plant |journal=Mitochondrial DNA Part B |volume=8 |issue=5 |pages=619–623 |doi=10.1080/23802359.2023.2202268 |pmc=10236967 |pmid=37275395}}
Etymology
Horticulture
This plant is cultivated as a garden ornamental, and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/42021/i-Primula-vialii-i-(So)/Details
| title = RHS Plantfinder - Primula vialii | accessdate = 18 May 2018}}{{cite web
| url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017
| page = 81 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | accessdate = 18 May 2018}}
There is a white flowered cultivar 'Alison Holland', which was discovered by 85-year old amateur gardener John Holland in his wild upland garden in northern England.
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Primula vialii - Alison Holland.jpg|'Alison Holland'