Primula veris, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 16-17

3. P. veris L. , Sp. Pl. 142 (1753)

( P. officinalis (L.) Hill ).

Leaves 5-20 x 2-6 cm in a lax rosette, enlarging in fruit; lamina ovate to ovate-oblong, sometimes cordate, obtuse, usually widest at or near the base, abruptly contracted or narrowed into the sometimes winged petiole, crenate, pubescent or glabrescent above, grey- or white-tomentose to glabrescent beneath. Scape 10-30 cm, hairy. Umbel secund; bracts 2-7 mm, linearlanceolate; pedicels 3-20 mm. Calyx 8-20 mm, campanulate, lobes triangular, acute, sometimes mucronate. Corolla 8-28 mm in diameter, concave or almost flat, bright yellow, with orange spots at thebase of the lobes. Capsule ovate, shorter than calyx. Seeds dry, without caruncle. Meadows and pastures. Most of Europe except the extreme north and much of the Mediterranean region. Al Au Be Br Bu Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Gr Hb He Ho Hs Hu It Ju?Lu No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Su.

Variable; 4 subspecies may be distinguished but there are many transitional plants.

1 Lamina weakly hairy or glabrescent beneath; hairs usually straight, unbranched

2 Calyx8-15 mm; corolla9 -12 mm indiameter (a) subsp.veris

2 Calyx 15-20 mm; corolla 18-28 mm in diameter

(d) subsp. macrocalyx 1 Lamina hairy beneath; hairs twisted, often branched

3 Lamina gradually decurrent, grey-tomentose beneath; petiole winged (b) subsp. canescens

3 Laminausuallycordate,thicklywhite-hairybeneath; petiole

not or slightly winged (c) subsp. columnae