Primula veris L., 1753
🇬🇧 Cowslip
🇫🇷 Brérelle, Coucou, Primevère officinale, Primevère vraie
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. canescens (Opiz) Hayek ex Ludi, 1927, Q (hom. syn. P. veris var. canescens (Opiz) B.Bock, 2012);
- P. veris subsp. columnae (Ten.) Maire & Petitm., 1908, P (hom. syn. P. veris var. columnae (Ten.) B.Bock, 2012);
- P. veris subsp. macrocalyx (Bunge) Lüdi, 1927;
- P. veris subsp. veris L., 1753, P.
Hybridizes with:
- P. elatior (L.) Hill, 1765 to produce P. × media Peterm., 1838, P;
- P. vulgaris L., 1753 to produce P. × polyantha
- nothosubsp. polyantha Mill., 1768: subsp. veris, P;
- nothosubsp. ternovania (A.Kern.) Niketić, 2023: subsp. columnae.
Photographs



Sources
- Khela, S. (2012). Primula veris (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2012. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203399/2764893