多脉报春 duo mai bao chun

Primula cortusoides Linnaeus var. lichiangensis Forrest; P. hymenophylla I. B. Balfour & Forrest; P. lichiangensis (Forrest) Forrest; P. lichiangensis var. halapa I. B. Balfour & Forrest; P. polyneura subsp. hymenophylla (I. B. Balfour & Forrest) W. W. Smith & Forrest; P. polyneura subsp. lichiangensis (Forrest) W. W. Smith & Forrest; P. polyneura subsp. sataniensis (I. B. Balfour & Farrer) W. W. Smith & Forrest; P. polyneura subsp. sikuensis (I. B. Balfour & Farrer) W. W. Smith & Forrest; P. polyneura subsp. veitchii (Duthie) W. W. Smith & Forrest; P. sataniensis I. B. Balfour & Farrer; P. saxatilis V. Komarov var. pubescens Pax & K. Hoffmann; P. sikuensis I. B. Balfour & Farrer; P. veitchii Duthie.

Herbs perennial, densely or sparsely pilose, sometimes glabrous. Leaves forming a rosette; petiole 5--10 cm; leaf blade broadly ovate to suborbicular, 2--10 cm, usually slightly wider than long, base cordate, palmately lobed to 1/4--1/2 its width; lobes broadly ovate to oblong, dentate to crenate, rarely nearly entire, apex rounded. Scapes 1--3.5(--10) cm; umbels 1 or 2, superimposed, 3--9(--12)-flowered; bracts lanceolate, 5--10 mm. Pedicel 0.5--2.5 cm. Flowers heterostylous. Calyx green or slightly tinged with purple, tubular, 5--12 mm, pubescent to glabrous, parted to middle or slightly below; lobes narrowly lanceolate; veins 3--5, distinct. Corolla pale rose to crimson, pubescent; tube 1--1.3(--1.4) cm; limb 1--1.5(--2) cm wide; lobes broadly obovate, deeply emarginate. Pin flowers: stamens near middle of corolla tube; style ca. as long as tube or slightly exserted. Thrum flowers with positions reciprocal. Capsule ellipsoid, ca. as long as calyx. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jul-Aug. 2n = 24@.

* Woodland margins, along valley streams; 2000--4000 m. SE Gansu, W Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan

Indumentum density is extremely variable in this species.