Primula capitata
Species of flowering plant
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Primula capitata, commonly known as the round-headed Himalayan primrose or Asiatic primrose[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is a short-lived perennial, forming semi-evergreen rosettes of 15 cm (5.9 in) pale green, mealy leaves that are finely toothed, oblong-lance-shaped or inversely lance-shaped, with white-mealy undersides. Its flowers are up to 1 cm (0.39 in) long, dark purple and tubular, with shallowly lobed petals; they are borne in racemes that form flattened spheres, held on white-mealy stems about 40 cm (16 in) high.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Primulaceae |
| Genus: | Primula |
| Species: | P. capitata |
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Primula capitata is found in moist habitats in alpine areas of Bhutan, Tibet, and Sikkim state in India.[2] Its putative subspecies Primula capitata subsp. sphaerocephala has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]