This section is from the book "British Wild Flowers In The Four Seasons", by Thomas Moore. Also available from Amazon: British Wild Flowers.
P. farinosa: leaves obovate-lanceolate, glabrous above, and usually covered underneath with white meal, which is also observable on the peduncles and calyx; peduncles much longer than the leaves, supporting a compact umbel of small, pale-lilac flowers, having a yellow eye; the corolla lobes narrow, and deeply notched. - Mountain pastures in northern England and Scotland. Fl. June, July.
P. scotica, which has broader leaves, and shorter and broader lobes to the corolla, is sometimes regarded as a variety or more northern form of P. farinosa. [See also p. 59.]
 
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