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Primula elatior

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Primula elatior

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Also known as oxlip

species of plant

Species

Least Concern

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderEricales
  5. FamilyPrimulaceae
Native toAlbania, Altay, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, France, Germany
Observations recorded273,009

Blüte Die Hohe Schlüsselblume (Primula elatior) ist eine Pflanzenart, die zur Gattung der Primeln (Primula) gehört. Ein weiterer Trivialname ist Wald-Schlüsselblume (Schweiz). Ihre Blütenstände erscheinen bereits im März als einer der ersten Frühlingsboten auf feuchten Wiesen, am Bachrand und im Auwald.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,352
With media
1,815
Family
Primulaceae
Collections
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, CHAS, DBG, CAS, TROM, SBBG
Recorded in
Poland, United States, Switzerland, Norway, Mexico, Venezuela, Italy
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Comparison between flower heads of P. veris (left) and P. elatior (right)

Primula elatior, the oxlip (or true oxlip), is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to nutrient-poor and calcium-rich damp woods and meadows throughout Europe, with northern borders in Denmark and southern parts of Sweden, eastwards to the Altai Mountains and on the Kola Peninsula in Russia, and westwards in the British Isles.

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