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Primula kawasimae

(Primula kawasimae H. Hara)

Perennial herb 3–8 cm high, with a short rhizome
and leaves, devoid of powdery plaque and glands,
which are collected in a basal rosette. Leaves are
of two types: outer narrow ovate, simple, whole,
finely serrate along the edge, about 1 cm long and
3 mm wide, inner ones are two times less, oblong-
narrow lanceolate. The inflorescence is a simple
umbel, with 1–3 flowers. Purple flowers up to 1.5
cm in diameter.
It is known only from the eastern spurs of the
Eastern-Sakhalin Mountains (Smirnykhovsky
district) and from the Schmidt Peninsula, ridge
Vostochniy (Okhinsky district).

Primula sachalinensis

(Primula sachalinensis Nakai)

Biennial herb, 10–15 cm during flowering,
20–30 cm high at fruiting. Bottom covered with
a bright yellow powdery bloom, leaves 5–7 cm
long, on long petioles collected in a basal rosette.
The flowers are pink-purple, rarely white, up to
1.5 cm in diameter, collected in a simple umbrella
of 10–20. The corolla tube is twice as long as the
calyx.
Occurs only on Sakhalin Island in the
Makarovsky District, near a group of Pugachev
mud volcanoes.

Once the Apostle Peter accidentally dropped his bunch of golden keys from the
gates of paradise from his hands. Bouncing from star to star, the keys flew to the
ground. Peter sent an angel after the keys, but he did not have time to catch them.

The keys fell to the ground, cut deeply into it, and a flower grew there instead,
similar to the apostle’s keys. Since then, flowers have been growing every year and
that unlocks the door for a warm summer.

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