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|accepted_name=Primula veris
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 142. 1753 ,
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|common_names=Cowslip primrose
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Primula officinalis
|authority=(Linnaeus) Hill
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|hierarchy=Primulaceae;Primula;Primula veris
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Primulaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Primula]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Primula veris]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 287, 289, 290
|treatment_page=page 301
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>8–30 cm, herbaceous; rhizomes thick, short; rosettes sometimes clumped, vegetative parts efarinose but often pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> not aromatic, indistinctly or abruptly petiolate; petiole winged; blade with deep reticulate veins abaxially, ovate to ovate-oblong, 5–20 × 2–6 cm, thin, membranaceous in age, margins coarsely toothed, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces pubescent, hairs simple. <b>Inflorescences</b> 5–16-flowered; involucral bracts plane, unequal. <b>Pedicels</b> erect to drooping, moderately thick, 3–20 mm, length 1–3 times bracts, flexuous. <b>Flowers</b> heterostylous; calyx pale green, broadly campanulate, 0.8–2 cm; corolla yellow, with orange spots at base of lobes, tube 8–20 mm, length to 1 times calyx, eglandular, limb 8–28 mm diam., lobes 8–14 mm, apex slightly emarginate to distinctly notched. <b>Capsules</b> ovoid, length to 1 times calyx. <b>Seeds</b> without flanged edges, minutely vesiculate. <b>2n</b> = 22 (Europe).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Meadows and pastures, persisting around old gardens and homesteads, apparently substantially spreading and naturalized
|elevation=0-1000 m
|distribution=B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;N.Y.;Europe.
|discussion=<p>Primula veris shows exceptional morphological variation in Europe, with multiple specific and infraspecific names. It is a popular garden plant both here and in Europe; horticultural varieties abound and are almost certainly represented among the records from North America.</p>
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name=Primula veris
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Primula officinalis
|basionyms=
|family=Primulaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Meadows and pastures, persisting around old gardens and homesteads, apparently substantially spreading and naturalized
|elevation=0-1000 m
|distribution=B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;N.Y.;Europe.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_605.xml
|genus=Primula
|species=Primula veris
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