Primula elatior (L.) Hill, Veget. et Syst. 8 (1765) 25; Hayek, Prodr. Fl. Penins. Balc. II (1928) 24; Valent. et Kress, Fl. Eur. Ill (1972) 16; P. elatior L., Vel., Fl. Bulg. (1891) 474; P. veris L. var. elatior L., Sp. PI. ed. 1 (1753) 143 - Крилатолистна иглика.
Fam: Primulaceae Vent.
Genus: Primula L.
Species: Primula elatior (L. ) Hill.
English Name: Oxlip, True oxlip
Description:
Perennial plants. Rhizome short, nodular, inclined, fibrous roots. Stem 10 - 13 cm high, 1 - 3 mm diameter, standing in diluted basis, up more densely just fiber. Leaves 7 - 18 cm long, 1.8 - 5.5 cm wide, elliptical or ovate, rounded to pointed, serrated or entire to small rounded serrated top dilute fiber to the naked beneath a dense white fibrous simply collected in the loose-textured rosette 2.5 - 7,5 cm long, with a sudden or gradual tapering lamina and narrowly winged, just fibrous stalks. Inflorescence loose-textured, unilaterally umbel-shaped. Blossoms 3 - 10, bracts 4 - 7 мм long, 1.5 - 2.0 mm in clear width, lance, flat, just fibrous; pedicels 1.5 - 3.0 cm long, fibrous just after petal fall elongating; calyx 9 - 15 mm high, 3 - 5 mm wide, narrowly bell-shaped, shares sharply lance with distinct green keel, cut 1/2 - 1/3, just fiber. Corolla 15 - 30 mm diameter, discoid to widely bell-shaped; tube 10 - 15 мм long, 2 - 3 mm wide, shares 8 - 13 mm long, 5 - 8 mm in clear width, heart-shaped, rounded to heart-shaped, incised to 1 / 5 covered with warts, yellow, yellow-green. Box 10 - 17 mm long, 4 - 6 mm wide, cylindrical, short tapering towards the top, opening with 8 - 10 triangular tabs goals. Seed 0.8 - 1.2 mm long, 0.6 - 1.0 mm in clear width, the surface finely verrucose, dark brown to black .
Volatility
Subsp. elatior; P. elatior subsp. genuina Hayek, I. e. Leaves ovate lamina suddenly narrowed into petiole, rounded to pointed, serrated bare fiber to dilute below. Colorful inflorescence. Calyx 9 - 12 mm debt. Corolla 25 - 30 mm diameter, yellow-green. Box 14 - 17 mm long, usually longer than the cup. Widespread within the species.
Subsp. intricata (Gren. et Godr.) Ludi in Hegi, Fl. Mitteleur. V, 3 (1927) 1778 ; Valent. et Kress, 1. c.; P. intricate Gren. et Godr., Fl. France , II (1853) 449 ; P. elatior var. intricata (Gren. et Godr.) Stoj. et Stef., Stoyan . Steph . , FL . Bulgarian ed . 1 , II ( 1925 ) 861 . Leaves elliptical lamina gradually narrowed into petiole , entire to small rounded serrated top and bottom just white fibrous. Inflorescence small number of blossoms. Calyx 12 - 15 mm debt. Corolla 15 - 25 mm diameter light yellow. Box 10 - 15 mm long, equal to or slightly above the calyx. Widespread within the borders of the species, more often than typical subsp .
Flowering Time: Blooms : IV-V, fruitful : VI-VIII.
References: „Флора на НР България”, том VIII, БАН, София, (1982)
Distribution in Bulgaria: In wet grassy and rocky places in the mountain regions. Spread in all appropriate floristic regions between 2000 and 2800 m altitude.
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Distribution: Europe (north to northern Denmark, east to Central Ukraine).
Conservation status and threats: not protected species in Bulgaria by theBiodiversity Law.Законодателство на Република България: Закон за биологичното разнообразие.
Medical plant: it is - http://lex.bg/laws/ldoc/2134916096
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