Primula auricula ssp. balbisii (4756' N 1543' E)

Description:

2010.04.25 Austria, Lower Austria, district Lilienfeld, dryer patches of basically wet limestone cliff (near Fensterbach in Halbachtal 580 m AMSL).Flowering from april till june.Rare.German name: Wimper-Aurikel, PetergstammID: Fischer & al., Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd); the authors mention that a re-organisation of the taxonomy of this species group has been tried recently but that it lacks systematically, thus they prefer to stick to the traditional (even though not perfect either) distinction of 2 sub-species, ssp. auricula and ssp. balbisii; this plant here definitely belongs to the latter