Family
Primulaceae
Genus
Primula
Specific Epithet
palmata
Authorship
Hand.-Mazz.
5/7/2014
Location
China, Sichuan, Ngawa (Heishui)
32.103056, 102.811111
Location Remarks
Heishui Xian. W of the city of Heishui on provincial road S302 near Shashiduo Xiang. Along stream at base of mixed forest of Acer (3 species), Betula, Abies, Picea, Sorbus, Salix, Taxus, with Hippophaë immediately along stream and mixed shrub understory and rich herb layer; soil dark and moist. 2675 m elev.
Collectors
D. E. Boufford, S. Christoph, C. Davidson, Y. D. Gao, Q. Y. Xiang
Notes
Margins of forest and occasionally in forest. Colonial; sepals green; corolla purple, white in throat, with longitudinal purple lines on lower 2/3 of lobes and into throat.
