Scientific Name
Primula denticulata Wight
Synonyms
Family
Primulaceae
Local Name
Phul Tara
Habit Habitat
An annual herb up to 10-35 cm tall, with stout rhizome, found in temperate, sub-alpine and alpine zones.
Taxonomic Features
Leaves simple, elliptic-lanceolate to strap shaped, obtuse, denticulate, with yellow farina on underside, sheathed at the base with prominent brownish red bud scales. Inflorescence an umbel, capitate, many flowered. Flower mauve to pinkish-blue. Calyx 4-10 mm long, tubular, ovoid. Corolla tube long, throat light yellow. Fruit a capsule, sub globose-obovoid. Seed angular.
Flowering Fruiting
May-July
Harvesting Time
June-September
Medicinal Value
Locally flower extract is used as ophthalmic (eye problems) and hair tonic.
Parts Used
Flower and rhizome
Future Prospective
Conservation, Collection, Cultivation, Herbal Pharmacy, Allopathic Pharmacy.
Plant Images
Primula denticulata Wight