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Primula crocifolia Pax et Hoffm.
番红报春
Description from Flora of China
Herbs perennial, with stock to 3.5 cm formed by overlapping petioles and basal bud scales, with fibrous remains of leaves at base. Leaves forming a rosette; petiole nearly enveloped by basal bud scales; leaf blade linear-lanceolate, 15--80 X 2--3.5 mm, tapering at base, abaxially scarcely white farinose (obscure when dry), margin entire to remotely obscure denticulate, narrowly revolute, apex acute. Scapes 2--8 cm, scarcely farinose, umbels 1--4-flowered; bracts lanceolate, 5--8 mm. Pedicel 2--10 mm, ± farinose. Flowers heterostylous. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 5--8 mm, parted usually to 2/3; lobes often tinged with purple, oblong-lanceolate. Corolla yellow; tube 9--10 mm; limb 1--1.2 cm wide; lobes oblong, ca. 6 X 2 mm, margin entire. Thrum flowers: stamens at middle of corolla tube; style ca. 1/2 as long as calyx. Capsule cylindric, ca. 2 X as long as calyx. Fl. May.
* Meadows, screes; 4300--4800 m. W Sichuan (Dawu Xian).
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