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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.
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.
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 ]
The Primulaceae are named for their nominative and type genus, Primula. Linnaeus used this name to reflect its place among the first flowers of spring, given the primrose's vernacular Latin name of primula veris (lit. ' little first of spring '), primula (feminine diminutive primus, first + veris (genitive ver, spring). [11]
Primula pauciflora, the pretty shooting star, few-flowered shooting star, dark throat shooting star or prairie shooting star, is a species of flowering plant in the primula family Primulaceae. It is a widespread and very variable species, native to western North America, from Subarctic America to Mexico , [ 1 ] [ 3 ] often in xeric (extremely ...
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Primula jeffreyi (Dodecatheon jeffreyi) (Henry M. Jackson Wilderness, Washington). Carl Linnaeus created the genus Dodecatheon in Species Plantarum in 1753. [7] Dodecatheon could be distinguished by its buzz-pollinated flowers, with reflexed petals and projecting styles and anthers.
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