Primula-halleri_21

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Primula halleri Gmel.. syn.: Primula longiflora All.Haller's Primrose, DE: Hallers PrimelSlo.: dolgocvetni jegli Dat.: May 18. 2015Lat.: 46.43229 Long.: 13.63980Code: Bot_875/2015_DSC6492Habitat: Stony alpine grassland, calcareous ground, locally somewhat acid; sunny, open, wind and rain exposed place, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, elevation 1.940 m (6.450 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: humus, soil.Place: A few meters off the southeast ridge of Mt. Mali vrh, Mt. Mangarts flats, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Primula halleri is one of the rarest among 14 species of this beautiful genus growing in Slovenia. Also in other Alpine countries it is nowhere common and in some of them it is protected by law. Primula halleri is especially tender and fragile due to its flowers having unusually long and thin corolla tube. The plants were growing in a group of several on a relatively small area. Ref.:(1) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 1, Haupt (2004), p 634. (2) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 480. (3) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora sterreich Liechtenstein, Sdtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 674.(4) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 718.