Primula modesta var. fauriei




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