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Primula macrocalyx Bunge Primula woronowii Losinsk. Primulaceae

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Ethnobotany of the Caucasus

Synonyms

Primula macrocalyx Bunge: Primula veris subsp. macrocalyx (Bunge) LĂĽdi

Local Names

Azerbaijan: Primula macrocalyx: İriкasacıqlı novruzçiçəyi; Primula woronowii: Voronov novruzçiçəyi; Georgia: Primula spp.: – phurisula, – joghorishi nina (Megrelian); Primula macrocalyx: – didjama purisula, – amaghlebis q’vavili (Tsalka), – gogris q’vavili (Lower Kartlian), – gugut’as mukhla (Tushetian), – lusuma (Pshavian), – bipkhvist’ot’a (Kartlian), – uzundara (Meskhetian), – pandurik’i (Kartlian); Primula woronowii: – t’q’is purisula, – babilo (Acharian), – vashlisuna (Tushetian), – sats’rip’ina (Acharian), – sakhemshveniera (Gurian, Lower Imeretian, Upper Acharian), – pilisula (Rachian, Imeretian, Lechkhumian), – pirisula (Rachian, Imeretian, Lechkhumian), – purisvila (Pshavian), – puris ia (Kakhetian), – puris dzudzu (Kakhetian) (Makashvili 1991); English: Primula.

Botany and Ecology

Primula macrocalyx Bunge

Perennial. The rootstock is oblique, with numerous stringy brownish or whitish...

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Batsatsashvili, K. et al. (2017). Primula macrocalyx Bunge Primula woronowii Losinsk. Primulaceae . In: Bussmann, R. (eds) Ethnobotany of the Caucasus. European Ethnobotany. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49412-8_85

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