Image of Primula auricula L.

Description:

Slo.: lepi jeglič, avrikelj - Habitat: Slightly inclined stony meadow, calcareous ground, dry place, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 2.300 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 780 m (2.550 feet), borderline between Sub-Mediterranean and Dinaric phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil pockets in limestone rocks. - Protected according to 'Uredba o zavarovanih prosto ivečih rastlinskih vrstah' (Regulation of wild growing protected plants),Ur.l. RS, t. 46/2004. First protected in 1915. - Ref.: (1) G.F.Smith, B. Burrow and D.B. Lowe, Primulas of Europe and America, Alpine Garden Society (1987), p23. (2) J.Richards, Primula, B.T.Batsfors Ltd, London (1993), p84.