Family | Primulaceae |
Scientific name | Primula modesta Bisset & S. Moore var. fauriei (Franchet) Takeda |
Synonyms | Primula farinosa L. subsp. fauriei (Franchet) Murata; Primula farinosa L. subsp. modesta (Bisset & S. Moore) Pax var. fauriei (Franchet) Miyabe; Primula farinosa L. subsp. modesta (Bisset & S. Moore) Pax var. fauriei (Franchet) Miyabe forma leucantha (H. Hara) T. Yamazaki; Primula fauriei Franch; Primula modesta Bisset & S. Moore subsp. fauriei (Franchet) W. W. Smith & Forrest; Primula modesta Bisset & S. Moore var. fauriei (Franchet) Takeda forma leucantha H. Hara |
Common name | (Japanese common name) yukiwari-kozakura (ユキワリコザクラ, 雪割小桜 [meaning: snow break small cherry blossoms weed]), nemuro-kozakura (ネムロコザクラ, 根室小桜 [meaning: Nemuro City small cherry blossoms weed]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (Tohoku region) |
(Other nations) Russia (Kuril Islands) | |
Habitat | Alpine rocks |
Chromosomal number | 2n=18 |
Description | Scapes 7-16cm tall. Flowers pink or merely white (forma leucantha) corollas 1-1.5cm across, flowering in June to July. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Primula modesta Bisset & S. Moore var. fauriei (Franch.) Takeda |
DNA Information | Primula fauriei |
Primula farinosa | |
Primula modesta |
April 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
April 2008 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |