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Researchers at the Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently rediscovered Primula farreriana, an extremely rare plant species, in the Qilian Mountain National Park in northwest China's Qinghai Province.
An image of Primula farreriana.
It was first discovered in 1915 in Xining, capital of Qinghai, and rediscovered for the first time 100 years later.
The species, native to eastern Qinghai, grows in shaded rock crevices at an altitude of 4,000 to 5,000 meters. So far, there are only two specimens globally, held at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in Scotland.
Primula farreriana's specimens.
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