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The light-yellow primrose is supposed to be the first flower of spring (primula), and it's clear, light-yellow is named as the color primrose. These are becoming rare, as garden hybrids breed with wild ones. The flowers grow singly on long, fuzzy stalks.
Flowers.
Jan-May.
Size.
5-15 cm (low-short)
Flower Blossom.
20-30 mm. Five notched lobes, pale yellow with a deep-yellow throat. The petals are joined at the base into a tube, typical of the Primulaceae family.
Leaves.
Basal rosette, oblong with rounded tips, tapering at the base into the stalk. Wrinkled surface and hairy beneath.
Habitat.
Forests, clearings, fields, hedges.
Similar Flowers
| Primula veris |
Cowslip
The petals open out more flat than the tube-like cowslip, and the plant often stands much higher. |
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