''Primula denticulata'', the drumstick primula, is a
species
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of
flowering plant
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in the
family
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Primulaceae,
native
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to moist alpine regions of China (S Xizang), Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kashmir, N Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.
It is an
herbaceous
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perennial
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growing to tall and wide, with rosettes of oval leaves and sturdy stems bearing spherical umbels of purple flowers in late spring and early summer.
Flowers can also be lavender, pink, or white in colour.
The
specific epithet
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''denticulata'' means "small-toothed", referring to the serrated leaf edges.
The plant's common name, drumstick primula, refers to the spherical shape of the inflorescence, above an erect stem.
A popular garden subject for deep moist soil in sun or partial shade, ''P. denticulata'' and its cultivars can be grown from seed. It has gained the
Royal Horticultural Society
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's
Award of Garden Merit
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Toxicity
''Primula denticulata'' is known to contain the contact
allergen
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s primin and other
quinoid
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See also
* Benzenoid
* Aromatic compound
Aromatic compounds, also known as "mono- ...
compounds.
References
Flora of China
Flora of Afghanistan
Flora of Myanmar
Flora of the Indian subcontinent
Flora of Tibet
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