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Primula elatior Hill

True oxlip (en), Coucou des bois (fr), Primevère élevée (fr), Primevère des bois (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Primula

Characteristics

A herb which keeps growing from year to year. It forms a clump. The leaves are in a ring at the base. They have long stems and teeth along the edge. The flower stem is wiry. The flowers are pale yellow and in heads.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.13 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.4
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.
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Woods and meadows on chalky boulder clay.
Light 3-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 3-8

Usage

The flower nectar is sucked.
Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity allergenic (whole)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 19 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Primula elatior habit picture by Brotanist (cc-by-sa)
Primula elatior habit picture by Jacques Zuber (cc-by-sa)
Primula elatior habit picture by Błażej Nowak (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Primula elatior leaf picture by Christoph Zirwes (cc-by-sa)
Primula elatior leaf picture by Brotanist (cc-by-sa)
Primula elatior leaf picture by Jacques Zuber (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Primula elatior flower picture by Yves Moréno (cc-by-sa)
Primula elatior flower picture by Freya G (cc-by-sa)
Primula elatior flower picture by Yves Moréno (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Primula elatior fruit picture by Nicolas Dole (cc-by-sa)
Primula elatior fruit picture by Kampf Robert (cc-by-sa)
Primula elatior fruit picture by Jean-Marie Frenoux (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Primula elatior world distribution map, present in Czech Republic, France, and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:701870-1
WFO ID wfo-0000483455
COL ID 6VWWT
BDTFX ID 53174
INPN ID 115865
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Primula perreiniana Primula domestica Primula ambigua Primula glandulosa Primula subarctica Primula poloninensis Primula lateriflora Primula montana Primula carpathica Primula danubialis Primula alpestris Primula zahlbrukneri Primula veris var. elatior Primula elatior subsp. carpathica Primula elatior var. carpatica Primula elatior subsp. corcontica Primula elatior

Lower taxons

Primula elatior subsp. leucophylla Primula elatior subsp. intricata Primula elatior subsp. lofthousei Primula elatior subsp. pallasii
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