Erect rhizomatous perennial to c. 1 m high. Leaves subsessile, in whorls of 3 or 4, or opposite, lanceolate, variably glandular pubescent. Flowers in slender terminal and upper-axillary panicles; sepals c. 3 mm long, acute, virtually free, prominently bordered by a thickened blackish line; petals ovate, 6–8 mm long, spreading, bright yellow, sometimes flecked dark red. Capsule globoid, shortly exceeding calyx; seeds numerous, flattened-tetrahedral, c. 1 mm long, pale, minutely vesicular.
VVP, VRiv, GipP, NIS, EGL, EGU.
2 varieties occur in Victoria.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1996). Primulaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 517–522. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
