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Cowslip
Primula veris
Primula veris (cowslip, common cowslip, cowslip primrose; syn. Primula officinalis Hill) is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the primrose family Primulaceae. The species is native throughout most of temperate Europe and western Asia, and although absent from more northerly areas including much of northwest Scotland, it reappears in northernmost Sutherland and Orkney and in Scandinavia. This species frequently hybridizes with other Primulas such as Primula vulgaris to form false oxlip (Primula × polyantha) which is...
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.106
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.665
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.213
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.346
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.345
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.324
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.153
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.103
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.884
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.882
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.273
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.233
In the stacks
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Every page naming Primula veris in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55819.