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Internal ID UUID6440024b093af350470457
Scientific name Primula vulgaris
Authority Huds.
First published in Fl. Angl. : 70 (1762)

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
Primula vulgaris is cultivated and sold as a flowering ornamental. Plants, seeds, and vegetative propagules are traded by horticultural nurseries and seed houses for spring bedding, container displays, and woodland/shade plantings. Cut stems are used in small-scale floral arrangements.

Industrial and craft applications:
No industrial or craft uses are reported for this taxon. Any dyeing, saponin, or resin applications are not supported by reliable documentation.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
No culinary use is reported; the plant is not documented as an edible ingredient.

Colorants and tanning:
No documented use as a dye, pigment, or tanning agent.

Wood and fiber:
No timber or fiber products are reported.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
No fragrance or cosmetic applications are documented for this species.

Properties relevant to use:
The ornamental value derives from early, prolific flowering and shade tolerance, with variation among cultivars in flower color, form, and remontancy under cultivation. No documented non-ornamental properties or standardized extracts are established for this taxon.

Standards and regulation:
No specific standards or regulatory frameworks are documented for this species.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Commercial production is horticulture-based through seed sowing and vegetative propagation; wild collection is not required for the ornamental trade. No sustainability frameworks are specifically recorded for this taxon.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Primula variabilis Bastard Suppl. Fl. Maine-et-Loire : 26 (1812)
Primula vernalis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 117 (1796)
Primula sylvestris Scop. Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 132 (1771)
Primula pseudoacaulis Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 552 (1866)
Primula acaulis Hill Veg. Syst. 8: 25 (1765)
Primula calycantha Retz. Observ. Bot. 2: 10 (1781)
Primula bicolor Raf. Caratt. Nuov. Gen. : 78 (1810)
Primula grandiflora Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 248 (1779)
Primula inodora Hill Herb. Brit. 2: 193 (1770)
Primula hybrida Schrank Baier. Fl. 1: 449 (1789)
Primula veris var. acaulis L. Sp. Pl. 143 1753
Primula acaulis subsp. vulgaris (Huds.) O.Schwarz Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. , n.s., 1: 109 (1949)

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English common primrose
English primrose
Spanish primavera
Arabic زهرة الربيع الشائعة
Arabic كعب الثلج
Arabic زهر الربيع
Bulgarian Обикновена иглика
Bulgarian безстъблена иглика
Bosnian jagorčevina
Catalan primevère commune
Catalan prímula acaule
Czech prvosenka bezlodyžná
Welsh briallu
Welsh briallen
Danish storblomstret kodriver
German primevère commune
German schaftlose schlüsselblume
German stengellose schlüsselblume
German erd-primel
German stängellose schlüsselblume
German schaftlose primel
Greek Πρίμουλα
Estonian varretu priimula
Basque sanjose-lore
Persian پامچال
Persian گل پامچال
Finnish kääpiöesikko
Faroese leggstutt fransagras
French primevère acaule
French primevère commune
Irish sabhaircín
Galician cáncaro
Hebrew בכור אביב מצוי
Croatian jaglac
Croatian jagorčevina
Upper Sorbian kuši kropačk
Hungarian szártalan kankalin
Armenian Գնարբուկ Կոմարովի
Indonesian sembulau inggris
io primrozo
Icelandic laufeyjarlykill
Japanese イチゲサクラソウ
Japanese プリムラ・ヴルガリス
Japanese プリムラ・ブルガリス
Kabyle iferr n wudi
Korean 프림로즈
Cornish briallen
Cornish brialli
Lithuanian paprastoji raktažolė
Lithuanian primevère commune
Latvian parastā prīmula
Macedonian Јаглика
Malayalam പ്രിമുല വൾഗാരിസ്
mzn بچا بچا
nap caciòla
Norwegian Bokmål kusymre
Dutch stengelloze sleutelbloem
Norwegian Nynorsk kusom
Norwegian Nynorsk kusymra
Norwegian Nynorsk kusymre
Polish pierwiosnek bezłodygowy
Polish pierwiosnka bezłodygowa
Russian Примула обыкновенная
Russian Примула бесстебельная
Russian Первоцвет бесстебельный
Russian Первоцвет обыкновенный
Serbo-Croatian jaglac
Slovak prvosienka bezbyľová
Slovenian trobentice
Slovenian trobentica
Serbian Јагорчевина
Swedish jordviva
Swedish primevère commune
Ukrainian Первоцвіт звичайний
Chinese 西洋报春
Chinese 欧洲报春
Chinese 普通報春花
Chinese 西洋樱草花

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

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Name Authority First published in
Primula vulgaris subsp. atlantica (Maire & Wilczek) Greuter & Burdet Willdenowia 12: 199 (1982)
Primula vulgaris subsp. balearica (Willk.) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 16: 42. 1928 (1928)
Primula vulgaris subsp. rubra (Sm.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital. 567. 1882 (1882)
Primula vulgaris subsp. alpina Canak & Gajić Glasn. Prir. Mus. Beogradu, Ser. B, Biol. Nauke 33: 77 (1979)
Primula vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Unknown

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Begin at 20°C for 6 weeks, cool to 4°C for 6 weeks, then gradually increase to 10°C over 6 weeks. If no germination, the cycle is repeated.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • Western Asia
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Central European Russia
      • Krym
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Føroyar
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Spain

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000482762
UNII KZ3PRK2V0J
Tropicos 26400096
INPN 115925
Flora of Italy 11392
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:702779-1
The Plant List kew-2563766
Missouri Botanical Garden 285547
PaleoBotany 118230
Open Tree Of Life 125543
Observations.org 2698
NCBI Taxonomy 175104
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000462067
IPNI 702779-1
iNaturalist 56136
GBIF 5414335
Freebase /m/05jqpx
EPPO PRIVU
EOL 485638
Elurikkus 6577
USDA GRIN 29712
Wikipedia Primula_vulgaris
CMAUP NPO13374
Plantarium 30375

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_963920805.1 ddPriVulg1.1 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2023-12-25 44 398.40 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Tests of evolutionary and genetic rescue using flour beetles, Tribolium castaneum, experimentally evolved to thermal conditions Lewis R, Pointer MD, Friend L, Gage MJ, Spurgin LG Ecol Evol 29-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11056960
doi:10.1002/ece3.11313
PMID:38694756
Wild Edible Plants Used in Dalmatian Zagora (Croatia) Ninčević Runjić T, Jug-Dujaković M, Runjić M, Łuczaj Ł Plants (Basel) 11-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11053949
doi:10.3390/plants13081079
PMID:38674488
Acral Peeling Skin Syndrome: Two Unusual Cases and the Therapeutic Potential of Botulinum Toxin STJERNBRANDT AL, BURSTEDT M, HOLMBOM E, SHAYESTEH A Acta Derm Venereol 09-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11017517
doi:10.2340/actadv.v104.24305
PMID:38590258
Genomic analyses elucidate S‐locus evolution in response to intra‐specific losses of distyly in Primula vulgaris Mora‐Carrera E, Stubbs RL, Potente G, Yousefi N, Keller B, de Vos JM, Szövényi P, Conti E Ecol Evol 21-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10955462
doi:10.1002/ece3.10940
PMID:38516570
Saving the local tradition: ethnobotanical survey on the use of plants in Bologna district (Italy) Chiocchio I, Marincich L, Mandrone M, Trincia S, Tarozzi C, Poli F J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 12-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10936038
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00664-1
PMID:38475780
Evaluation of Parameters Affecting Agrobacterium-Mediated Transient Gene Expression in Industrial Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Mohammad T, Ghogare R, Morton LB, Dhingra A, Potlakayala S, Rudrabhatla S, Dhir SK Plants (Basel) 28-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934005
doi:10.3390/plants13050664
PMID:38475511
Genomics insights into flowering and floral pattern formation: regional duplication and seasonal pattern of gene expression in Camellia Hu Z, Fan Z, Li S, Wang M, Huang M, Ma X, Liu W, Wang Y, Yu Y, Li Y, Sun Y, Li X, Li J, Yin H BMC Biol 27-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10900828
doi:10.1186/s12915-024-01851-y
PMID:38414012
Traditional Use of Wild Edible Plants in Slovenia: A Field Study and an Ethnobotanical Literature Review Papež Kristanc A, Kreft S, Strgulc Krajšek S, Kristanc L Plants (Basel) 24-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934440
doi:10.3390/plants13050621
PMID:38475472
PfPIN5 promotes style elongation by regulating cell length in Primula forbesii Franch Liu Y, Si W, Fu S, Wang J, Cheng T, Zhang Q, Pan H Ann Bot 08-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC11006536
doi:10.1093/aob/mcae004
PMID:38190350
Robotic monitoring of forests: a dataset from the EU habitat 9210* in the Tuscan Apennines (central Italy) Pollayil MJ, Angelini F, de Simone L, Fanfarillo E, Fiaschi T, Maccherini S, Angiolini C, Garabini M Sci Data 01-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10692077
doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02763-2
PMID:38040693
Megalurothrips usitatus Directly Causes the Black-Heads and Black-Tail Symptoms of Cowpea along with the Production of Insect-Resistance Flavonoids He Y, Gao Y, Hong H, Geng J, Chen Q, Zhou Y, Zhu Z Plants (Basel) 15-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10675644
doi:10.3390/plants12223865
PMID:38005760
Dispersal capacities of pollen, seeds and spores: insights from comparative analyses of spatial genetic structures in bryophytes and spermatophytes Fichant T, Ledent A, Collart F, Vanderpoorten A Front Plant Sci 30-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10642818
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1289240
PMID:37965033
Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Supplementation Boosts the Phytohormonal Profile in ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’-Infected Citrus Nehela Y, Killiny N Plants (Basel) 22-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10609878
doi:10.3390/plants12203647
PMID:37896110
Topographic depressions can provide climate and resource microrefugia for biodiversity Frei K, Vojtkó A, Farkas T, Erdős L, Barta K, E-Vojtkó A, Tölgyesi C, Bátori Z iScience 21-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10656275
doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.108202
PMID:38026156
Phytophthora : taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of the genus Abad ZG, Burgess TI, Bourret T, Bensch K, Cacciola SO, Scanu B, Mathew R, Kasiborski B, Srivastava S, Kageyama K, Bienapfl JC, Verkleij G, Broders K, Schena L, Redford AJ Stud Mycol 06-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10825748
doi:10.3114/sim.2023.106.05
PMID:38298569

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Salicylic acid and derivatives / Salicylic acids
Salicylic Acid 338 Click to see 138.12 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)88025-5
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Medium-chain fatty acids
Sterculic acid 12921 Click to see 294.50 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty alcohols
1-Octacosanol 68406 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCO 410.80 unknown via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Beta-Amyrin 73145 Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C)C 426.70 unknown via CMAUP database
Beta-Amyrin Acetate 92156 Click to see 468.80 unknown via CMAUP database
Lupenone 92158 Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(=O)C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)C)C 424.70 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Alpha amino acids
Betaine 247 Click to see 117.15 unknown via CMAUP database
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbonyl compounds / Benzoquinones / P-benzoquinones
Primin 84800 Click to see 208.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1034/J.1600-0536.2001.440105.X
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Imidazopyrimidines / Purines and purine derivatives / Xanthines
Caffeine 2519 Click to see CN1C=NC2=C1C(=O)N(C(=O)N2C)C 194.19 unknown via CMAUP database
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
Rutin 5280805 Click to see 610.50 unknown via CMAUP database

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