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Primula vulgaris is a perennial growing 10–30 centimetres (4–12 inches) tall, with a basal rosette of leaves which are more-or-less evergreen in favoured habitats. The leaves are 5–25 cm (2–10 in) long and 2–6 cm (1– 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) broad, often heavily wrinkled, with an irregularly crenate to dentate margin.
Primula (/ ˈ p r ɪ m j ʊ l ə /) [2] is a genus of herbaceous [3] flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. They include the primrose ( P. vulgaris ), a familiar wildflower of banks and verges. Other common species are P. auricula (auricula), P. veris (cowslip), and P. elatior (oxlip).
The following species in the flowering plant genus Primula, often called primroses and cowslips, are accepted by Plants of the World Online. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Over 25 books have been written on the genus. [ 3 ]
Jussieu's families were the Lysimachiae, including Primula and Theophrasta [14] and the Sapotae, including Myrsine, these being the three main lineages in modern understanding. [ 15 ] The most complete treatment of the Primulaceae family , with nearly 1,000 species arranged into 22 genera , was by Pax and Knuth in 1905 in the Engler system .
Primula vulgaris. Primulales was an order of flowering plants. [1] [2] This order was recognized in several systems with little variation in circumscription (see Bentham & Hooker, Engler and Wettstein system). In the classification system of Dahlgren the Primulales were in the superorder Primuliflorae (also called Primulanae).
Primula vulgaris, commonly known as the primrose (also called the common primrose or English primrose) many other species of the genus Primula; Primulaceae, a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the primrose family; Oenothera, commonly known as evening primrose, a plant genus
Larvae can be found in June and August-September. Mines have been recorded in the following plants: Primula bullesiana, oxlip (Primula elatior), Primula uralensis, cowslip (Primula veris) and primrose (Primula vulgaris). Pupation is within the mine, next to a vein with the anterior spiracles projecting through the epidermis. Adults fly in July ...
Primula veris: Cowslip [291] [292] Primula vulgaris: Primrose [293] Pringlea antiscorbutica: Kerguelen cabbage: Its leaves contain a Vitamin C-rich oil, a fact which, in the days of sailing ships, made it very attractive to British sailors suffering from scurvy [294] Prosopis spicegera: Prunella vulgaris [295] Pediomelum esculentum syn ...