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Primula malacoides Franch.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Primula L. (サクラソウ)
Otomezakura (オトメザクラ, 乙女桜), fairy primrose or baby primrose
Lifeform: evergreen perennial forb, with 20-40 cm in height
Distribution: Himalayas - Assam - Myanmar - south-central and south east China
Habitat: moist, shaded to partly shaded habitats, forest edges or rocky substrates
Chromosome number: 2n = 18
Use: houseplant, propagated by seed or by division
Synonyms

Auganthus malacoides (Franch.) Soják
Primula delicata Petitm.

索引

Primula malacoides grown in Japan


P1 P2 P3
[1-3] near Karasuma 9 Jo Station, Kyoto, on March 11 2026.

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