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Primrose is an English feminine given name given in reference to the flower. The common name for the flower comes from the Latin phrase prima rosa, or first rose. [ 1][ 2] It is also an English or Scottish surname. As a given name, it was occasionally used as a transferred use of the surname for both boys and girls.
Primula vernalis Salisb. Primula vulgaris, the common primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to Eurasia. [ 2][ 3] The common name is primrose, [ 4] or occasionally common primrose or English primrose to distinguish it from other Primula species referred to as primroses.
Primula ( / ˈprɪmjʊlə /) [ 2] is a genus of herbaceous [ 3] flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. They include the primrose ( P. vulgaris ), a familiar wildflower of banks and verges. Other common species are P. auricula (auricula), P. veris (cowslip), and P. elatior (oxlip). These species and many others are valued for their ...
Primrose League, an organisation founded in 1883 to promote Toryism. Primrose High School, an 11-19 comprehensive school in Leeds, UK. Operation Primrose, the code name later given to the capture of German submarine U-110. Primrose, a video game for the Nintendo DSi. Primrose (given name), the given name.
Oenothera speciosa is a herbaceous perennial wildflower. It has glabrous (smooth) to pubescent stems that grow to 50 centimetres (20 inches) in height. The pubescent leaves are alternate with very short or no petiole (sessile), reaching 10 cm (4 in) long to 4 cm ( in) broad. They are variable in shape, from linear to obovate, and are toothed or ...
Theophrastaceae. The Primulaceae / prɪmjəˈleɪʃiː /, commonly known as the primrose family (but not related to the evening primrose family ), are a family of herbaceous and woody flowering plants including some favourite garden plants and wildflowers. Most are perennial though some species, such as scarlet pimpernel, are annuals .
Onagra biennis (L.) Scop. Oenothera biennis, the common evening-primrose, [ 3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae, native to eastern and central North America, from Newfoundland west to Alberta, southeast to Florida, and southwest to Texas, and widely naturalized elsewhere in temperate and subtropical regions. [ 4]
Primula veris, the cowslip, common cowslip, or 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, [1] and although absent from more northerly areas including much of northwest Scotland, it reappears in northernmost Sutherland and Orkney and in ...