Primula elatior subsp. elatior

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 16

(a) Subsp. elatior

(inch subsp. carpatica (Griseb. & Schenk) W. W. Sm. & Forrest , P. carpatica (Griseb. & Schenk) Fuss , P. poloninensis (Domin) Fedorov ):

Leaves suborbicular or ovate, abruptly contracted into petiole, crenate to denticulate, sparsely hairy beneath, rugose. Inflorescence many-flowered. Calyx c. 10 mm, pubescent; lobes triangular. Corolla 20-25 mm in diameter; limb more or less flat, pale yellow. Capsule up to 15 mm, tapering only slightly, usually longer than calyx. 2« = 22. • Throughout most of the range of the species, but rarer in the south.