''Primula nutans'', also known as the sleepy primrose, is a species of
flowering plant belonging to the family
Primulaceae.
Description
''Primula nutans'' is a
perennial plant species.
Plants possess green, sub-orbicular leaf blades. Leaves are around 2.5cm long with narrow petioles. Flowers are hosted on stalks, which stand tall above the leaves. Blooms can range from 2 - 8 flowers per plant. Petals are pale pink, however the colour shifts from white and then yellow towards the centre of the flower. Flowers range in diameter from 12 - 16mm.
Distribution and habitat
''Primula nutans''
native range is spread from the subarctic to the Himalayas.
It can be found within both Europe and Asia within the countries of:
China
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,
Finland,
Norway,
Nepal,
Sweden
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,
Mongolia,
Russia,
Kazakhstan and
Pakistan.
The species can also be found in the Canadian territory of
Yukon and US state of
Alaska. It was originally native to
British Columbia, but it is now
locally extinct.
''Primula nutans'' inhabits habitats such as wet meadows,
marshes and coastal refuges.
It can also be found growing in areas where glacial movement has created
moraine
A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice shee ...
habitats or rocky
outwash plains
An outwash plain, also called a sandur (plural: ''sandurs''), sandr or sandar, is a plain formed of glaciofluvial deposits due to meltwater outwash at the terminus of a glacier. As it flows, the glacier grinds the underlying rock surface and ca ...
.
References
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