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Primula veris, Linn. (P. veris var. officinalis, Linn. P. officinalis, Hill. P.odorata, Gilib. P. domestica, Hoffmg. P. coronaria, Salisb.). Cowslip. Fig. 3187. Stemless, minutely soft-pubescent: lvs. rugose, membranaceous or chartaceous, ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse, more or less contracted or narrowed to the petiole, crenate, more or less pilose or canescent- or white-tomentose below; the petiole winged, shorter than or equaling the blade: scape pubescent, bearing a many-fld. umbel, 4-8 in. high: bracts linear, acute, small: fls. fragrant, bright golden or light yellow, rarely purplish; calyx pubescent, campanulate, more or less broadened, 5-ribbed, whitish, with triangular, acute frequently mucronulate lobes; corolla-limb concave, rarely somewhat flat, expanding little beyond the bulge of the calyx, 1/2-1 in. across, with obcordate obtuse emarginate lobes: caps. oval, included in the calyx. S. Cent., and N. Eu., Britain, Asia. G.W. 4, p. 245 (var. grandiflora); 13, p.74; 15 p. 270.
The cowslip is a variable species, with a strong tendency to abnormal development of the calyx. Var. macrocalyx (P. macrócalyx, Bunge. P. officinalis var. macrócalyx, Koch), Asian, has calyx about 3/4in. long and broadly obconic at base, the lobes short-triangular and acute-mucronate: corolla exceeding calyx, orange-yellow, 3/4-1 in. or more across: lvs. usually more or less tomentose or subcanescent beneath (sometimes greenish), attenuate or contracted into a winged petiole.
Var. inflata, Reichb. (P. inflata, Duby. P. canescens, Opiz. P. officinalis var. canescens, Beck. P. pannonica, Kerner). Calyx equaling or surpassing corolla-tube, more or less open-campanulate, about 3/4 in. long: corolla 1/2 - 3/4 in. across: lvs. contracted or narrowed into petiole, cano-tomentose or glabrescent beneath. Var. suaveolens, Reichb. (P. Columnae, Ten. P. officinalis var. Columnae, Pax). Calyx campanulate; corolla-limb little concave or almost plane, about 3/4 in. across: lvs. ovate to oblong-ovate, cordate, densely white - tomentose beneath.
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Cowslip
Cowslip
Botanical: Primula veris (LINN.)
Botanical: Primula veris (LINN.)