Primula

The Primevères are a kind of herbaceous plants of the family of the Primulacées.

This kind to which one attaches Cortusa now, Dionysia and Dodecatheon essentially include/understand several hundreds of species originating in the moderate zones of the northern hemisphere.

The common primula of our gardens is one of the first flowers of spring ( firstly vere means at the beginning of spring in Latin). It is a hardy perennial, often cultivated into annual. It flowers from February to May, is rustic and has a semi-persistent foliage.

The wild primulas, Primula elatior and Primula veris , whose falling down flowers are presented into ombelle to the top of a long stem, are also known under the name of Coucou S.

Principal species of the European flora

• Primula allionii - Primula of Allioni

• Primula apennina
• Primula auricula - Ear of bear
• Primula carniolica
• Primula clusiana
• Primula daonensis
• Primula deorum
• Primula egaliksensis
• Primula elatior - high Primula
• Primula farinosa - farinaceous Primula
• Primula frondosa
• Primula glaucescens
• Primula glutinosa - glutinous Primula
• Primula halleri
• Primula hirsuta - roughcast Primula
• Primula integrifolia
• Primula kitaibeliana
• Primula latifolia
• Primula longiscapa
• Primula marginata - marginée Primula
• Primula minima
• Primula nutens
• Primula palinuri
• Primula pedemontana
• Primula scandinavica
• Primula scotica
• Primula spectabilis
• Primula stricta
• Primula tyrolensis
• Primula veris - officinal Primevère says Coucou
• Primula villosa
• Primula vulgaris - common Primevère
• Primula wulfeniana