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Primula veris L., 1753

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Cowslip
  • 🇫🇷 Primevère vraie, Coucou, Primevère officinale, Brérelle

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superasterids
  • Clade: Asterids
  • Order: Ericales
  • Family: Primulaceae
  • Subfamily: Primuloideae
  • Genus: Primula
  • Species: Primula veris

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
  • Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • P. veris subsp. macrocalyx (Bunge) Lüdi, 1927;
  • P. veris subsp. veris
    • var. canescens (Opiz) B.Bock, 2012, Q;
    • var. columnae (Ten.) B.Bock, 2012, P;
    • var. veris L., 1753, P.

Hybridizes with:

  • P. elatior (L.) L., 1754 to produce P. × media Peterm., 1838, P;
  • P. vulgaris Huds., 1762 to produce P. × polyantha Mill., 1768, P.

Photographs

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Primula veris
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Primula veris
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Primula veris

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