Primula egaliksensis

Wormskjöld in G. C. Oeder et al.

in G. C. Oeder et al., Fl. Dan. 9(26): 2, plate 1511. 1816 ,.

Common names: Greenland primrose primevère du fjord Egalik
Illustrated
Synonyms: Primula groenlandica (Warming) A. W. Hill Primula sibirica var. minor Duby Primula stricta var. groenlandica Warming
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 295. Mentioned on page 288, 290, 294.

Plants 4–12.5 cm, herbaceous; rhizomes thin, short; rosettes not clumped; vegetative parts efarinose. Leaves not aromatic, abruptly petiolate; petiole not winged; blade without deep reticulate veins abaxially, elliptic, 1.5–5.5 × 0.5–0.9 cm, thin, margins entire, undulate, or slightly denticulate, apex rounded, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 1–3 (–6) -flowered; involucral-bracts gibbous but not auriculate, ± equal. Pedicels nodding, thin, 2–9 mm, length 1–3 times bracts, flexuous. Flowers homostylous; calyx green or with purple stripes, cylindric, 4–6 mm; corolla white or lavender, tube 6–8 mm, length 1–1.2 times calyx, eglandular, limb 6–8 mm diam., lobes 3–4 mm, apex slightly emarginate. Capsules narrowly cylindric, length 1.5–2 times calyx. Seeds without flanged edges, reticulate. 2n = 36, ca. 40.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Stream banks, bogs
Elevation: 0-2400 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Yukon, Alaska, Colo., Wyo., e Asia (Russian Far East)

Discussion

Primula egaliksensis is distinguished by its relatively few-flowered inflorescence of homostylous flowers; violet (forma violacea Fernald) and white corollas are equally common and sometimes occur together within populations. Early treatments of the arctic flora confused P. egaliksensis with other species, notably P. stricta. The names P. farinosa var. groenlandica Pax and P. sibirica in the sense of Hooker (not Jacquin) refer in part to P. egaliksensis.

Morphologic and genetic evidence (A. Guggisberg et al. 2006) indicates that Primula egaliksensis is a hybrid between sects. Aleuritia and Armerina, with probable parents being P. nutans and P. mistassinica or an ancestral form of that species. The rounded, petiolate leaves and narrow capsules ally it strongly to sect. Armerina, and it has traditionally been placed in that section. Primula egaliksensis has frequently been confused with P. nutans; it differs in its smaller, homostylous flowers and the absence of auriculate bracts.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

No values specified."-2timescalyx" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."-3timesbracts" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."thin" is not a number."-1.2timescalyx" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

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rounded +
Sylvia Kelso +
Wormskjöld in G. C. Oeder et al. +
narrowed +, rounded +  and tapered +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br />) +
crenulate +  and denticulate +
elliptic;cuneate or spatulate +
1 +  and 5 +
with purple stripes;green +
puberulent +, pilose +  and glabrous +
cylindric +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
cylindric +
Greenland primrose +  and primevère du fjord Egalik +
lavender +  and white +
campanulate +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Colo. +, Wyo. +  and e Asia (Russian Far East) +
flanged +
0-2400 m +
operculate +  and capsular +
Stream banks, bogs +
nectariferous +
solitary +, involucrate +  and 2-25+-flowered +
not aromatic +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
not reflexed +
denticulate +, undulate +  and entire +
tenuinucellate +  and bitegmic +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
yellow;white;yellow;white;violet;rose;pink;magenta;lavender +
Flowering summer. +
in G. C. Oeder et al., Fl. Dan. +
vesiculate +  and reticulate +
4-angled +, oblong +  and ovoid +
Illustrated +
connate +  and distinct +
inflated +
Primula groenlandica +, Primula sibirica var. minor +  and Primula stricta var. groenlandica +
Primula egaliksensis +
species +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
perennial +  and annual +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
11 +, [10 +, 9 +  and [8 +