Primula pedemontana, Thomas ex Gaudin

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 19

30. P. pedemontana Thomas ex Gaudin , FI. Helv. 2: 91 (1828).

Efarinose. Longest leaves 2-8 x 0-8-2- 5 cm, broadly obovate to broadly lanceolate, entire or with shallow teeth towards the apex, fleshy, usually subglabrous above and beneath, with scattered glands towards the margin; margin densely puberulent; hairs producing a reddish-black or reddish-brown secretion, the longest 0- 1 -0-25 mm; shrunken apical cells depressed laterally. Scape 2-5-12 cm, usually longer than the leaves in fruit, 1 - to 15-flowered. Bracts 1-6 mm, ovate to transversely ovate, more or less scarious. Pedicels 2-15 mm. Calyx 3-7- 5 mm. Corolla purple or deep pink, usually with a white centre. Capsule somewhat shorter to slightly longer than calyx. 2/z = 62. Rocks and stony alpine pastures; calcifuge. • S.W. Alps; Cordillera Cantdbrica. Ga Hs It.

Subsp. iberica Losa & P. Monts. , Anal. Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 10(2): 482 (1952), from Spain, is doubtfully distinct.