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Taxon:  Primula veris L.



Summary
Genus:
Primula
Subgenus:
Primula
Section:
Primula
Family:
Primulaceae
Subfamily:
Primuloideae
Nomen number:
400303
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:142. 1753
Verified:
10/06/1994 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Primula veris L. subsp. macrocalyx (Bunge) Lüdi (0 active accession[s])
Primula veris L. subsp. suaveolens (Bertol.) Gutermann & Ehrend. (0 active accession[s])
Primula veris L. subsp. veris (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Primula officinalis (L.) Hill
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  3. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  4. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  5. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  6. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  8. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  9. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  10. Laasimer, L. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of the Baltic countries; compendium of vascular plants.
  11. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  12. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  13. Richards, J. 1993. Primula 105.
  14. Richards, J. 2003. Primula 109.
  15. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1972. Flora europaea. 3:16. Note: recognized with four subspecies
Common names
English
cowslip –
Swedish
gullviva –
Transliterated Russian
pervocvet vesennij –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran n.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey n.e.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeLithuania  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeBelgium  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
1NativeEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece n.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedNorthern America Canada  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran (n.), Turkey (n.e.)
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (n.), Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Richards, J. 2003. Primula 109.
Human foodvegetableflowers used for garnishFacciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400303. Accessed 4 May 2025.