Image of Primula kitaibeliana Schott

Description:

Syn.: P.integrifolia Vis., non L.; P. viscosa Kit., non Vill) - Cro.: Kitajbelov jaglac - Habitat: Mostly N to E oriented steep or vertical rock faces, moist and cool places, limestone rock, in rock crevices or small hanging grass pockets, only in half or total shade, exposed to direct rain, elevation 940 m (3.100 feet) alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: humus in rock crevices or grass patches. - Comment: An isolated and fairly distinct species little-known in the wild or in cultivation (Ref.:5). Growing solitary and in groups with many species; sporadic, scattered and highly localized but sometimes locally very abundant. Endemic to Central Dinaric Mountains, north-west Balkan peninsula. Can be found from Mt. Klek on northwest to Mt.Vele on southeast of its distribution (Croatia and Herzegovina). - Ref.: (1) Personal communication dr. Botjan Surina, Rijeka, Croatia. (2) R.Domac, Flora Hrvatske, kolska Knjiga, Zagreb (2002) (in Croatioan), p 253. (3) G.Cmith, B. Burrow and D.Lowe, Primulas of Europe and America, The Alpine Garden Society (1987), pp 85. (4) .ili, Endemine biljke, Priroda Jugoslavie (1984) (in Croation), p 90. (5) J.Richards, Primula, B.T. Batsford Ltd, London (1993), pp 97.