Curtis Botanical – Plate 6956 – Blunt-leafed Primrose / Tibetan Primula

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 6956.

A Himalayan and Tibetan primula with unusually blunt, rounded leaf tips (obtusifolia) and clusters of purple-pink flowers. Found at high altitude on rocky Himalayan slopes where winters are brutal.

Birth flower: February. Pacific NW rock and alpine gardeners.

Uncolored plate. Condition consistent with age of volume. Each print is a unique piece of botanical history, printed on paper aged over a century.

This plate originated with the Royal Horticultural Society and passed through Wheldon & Wesley, one of the great natural history dealers of the 20th century. We came into the archive by accident and have spent the time since trying to share it as widely as we can.