Primula farinosa L., Sp. PI. ed. 1 (1753) 143; Hayek, Prodr. Fl. Pe- nins. Balc. II (1928) 25; Пеев, Изв. Ботан. инст. БАН XX (1970) 148; Valent. et Kress, Fl. Eur. Ill (1972) 17 - Брашнеста иглика
Fam: Primulaceae Vent.
Genus: Primula L.
Species: Primula farinosa L.
English Name: Bird's-eye primrose
Description:
Perennials. Roots thin, filamentous, branched. Stem 8 - 30 cm high, 1.2 - 2.5 millimeters in diameter, upright, at the base and middle naked, in the upper part with the flour coating. Leaves 0.8 - 5.0 cm long, 0.4 - 1.2 cm wide, collected in a rosette, reverse ovate to lanceolate, shallow and rarely dentate.or smooth edge, slightly pointed tip, thick or thin powdery, ashy green. Inflorescence umbel, blossoms 2 - 16, bracts 4 - 5 mm long, 1.5 - 2.0 mm in clear width, herbaceous, lance, swollen at the base, densely powdery, pedicels 0.4 - 1.8 cm long in fruit abundance elongating twice, thick powdery. Calyx 4 - 6 mm long, 2.5 - 3.5 mm wide, bell-shaped, gradually narrowed at the base, shares short triangular, fused two-thirds, mealy. Corolla 7 - 14 mm diameter, discoid; tube 5 - 7 mm long, 3 - 5 mm wide; segments 4 - 5 mm long, 1.0 - 2.5 mm in clear width, narrowly heart-shaped, cut to 1/3 rare fibrous, pink. Box 6 - 8 mm high, 2 - 3 mm wide, cylindrical and opening with 5 short triangular teeth, naked. Seed 0,5 - 0.8 mm long and 0.4 - 0.6 mm in clear width, irregularly polygonal to rounded, smooth with a thin cartilage rim, brown.
Volatility
Subsp. farinosa; subsp. eu-farinosa Pax et Knuth, Primul. ( 1905 ) 83 ; Hayek, 1. c. Plants higher than 30 cm thick powdery leaves . Multiple blossoms, 9 - 14 mm diameter. Between 1600 and 2100 m altitude. Widespread within the species.
Subsp. exigua (Vel.) Hayek, 1. c.; Peev, Izv . Bot . inst. BAN XX (1970) 148 ; Valent. et Kress, 1. c.; P. farinosa var. dentata Panc., Elem. Fl. Bulg. ( 1866 ) 36 ; Stoyan . Steph . , FL . Bulgarian ed . 1 , II ( 1926 ) 861; P. exigua Vel., Fl. Bulg. (1891) 473 : Plants 8 - 11 cm tall. Leaves thin piebald. Blossoms 2 - 9, 7 -1 0 mm diameter, mostly near streams and wet meadows above 2,100 meters altitude, Vitosha region ( Vitosha ), Pirin and Rila mountains.
Flowering Time: Blooms : V-VI, fruitful : VII-IX.
References: „Флора на НР България”, том VIII, БАН, София, (1982)
Distribution in Bulgaria: From the wet mountain meadows and bogs and along streams between 1600 and 2600 m altitude. Western and Central Stara Planina, Vitosha region ( Vitosha ) West Frontier Mountains ( Osogovska mountain), Pirin, Rila, West and Central Rhodopes mountains. (Conspectus of the Bulgarian Vascular Flora) = conspectus&gs_l= Zlc.
Distribution: Northern Europe (from Scotland to Central Sweden) and the mountains of southern Europe.
Conservation status and threats: not protected species in Bulgaria by theBiodiversity Law. Законодателство на Република България: Закон за биологичното разнообразие.
Medical plant: it is not - http://lex.bg/laws/ldoc/2134916096
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