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Primula florindae

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The giant cowslip, Primula florindae (Primulaceae) is native to southeast Xizang (Tibet) where it grows in marshes and along streams.

Heart-shaped leaves form large herbaceous rosettes below flowering stems that can reach a metre in height. Each inflorescence bears up to 40 pendant, funnel shaped, fragrant, sulphur-yellow flowers; both stems and flowers are farinose (covered with a farina-like waxy coating). The species was named by the renowned Himalayan plant explorer Frank Kingdon-Ward for his wife Florinda. There are over 400 species of Primula, found in both temperate and alpine tropical areas.

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