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Primula auricula, often known as auricula, mountain cowslip or bear's ear (from the shape of its leaves), is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, that grows on basic rocks in the mountain ranges of central Europe, including the western Alps, Jura Mountains, the Vosges, the Black Forest and the Tatra Mountains.
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 ]
Primula minima, the fairy primrose (a name it shares with Primula malacoides), is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to the eastern Alps, Carpathians, and Balkan mountain ranges. [1] Although it is a high-elevation species, it relies more than expected on seed dispersal than clonal propagation. [2]
Primula clusiana is a species of flowering plant in the primrose family Primulaceae, native to the northeastern Alps; Germany and Austria. [1] A perennial, it is occasionally available from commercial suppliers.
It is widely noted in the mint family and species such as Digitalis purpurea, gloxinia, Antirrhinum majus, Pelargonium, and auricula. [16] Because peloric flowers are larger and arguably more attractive than normal flowers plants such as cultivars of the gloxinia (Sinningia speciosa) have been deliberately bred to have peloric flowers.