| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Primula elatior (L.) Hill sect. Vernales |
| Bibliography | Veg. Syst. 8: 25 (1765) |
| Native Range | Europe |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | leaves rugose, ovate-oblong, abaxially hirsute, pale, abruptly tapered to winged petiole, flowers pendent in secund umbel, calyx hirsute, narrowly cylindrical |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | pale yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering |
| Synonyms | Primula alpestris Schur Primula ambigua Salisb. Primula brachycalyx Opiz Primula carpathica (Griseb. & Schenk) Fuss Primula crenata Schur Primula danubialis K.Richt. Primula domestica Hoffmanns. Primula elatior var. acaulis Klett & Richt. Primula elatior var. brevistyla Gaudin Primula elatior ssp. carpatica (Griseb. & Schenk.) Nyman Primula elatior var. carpatica (Griseb. & Schenk) V.Nikolic Primula elatior var. corcontica Domin Primula elatior ssp. corcontica (Domin) Kovanda Primula elatior var. dissecta Roth Primula elatior var. incisa Mérat Primula elatior var. monstrosa Gaudin Primula elatior ssp. poloninensis (Domin) Dostál Primula elatior f. poloninensis Domin Primula elatior ssp. tatrensis (Domin) Soó Primula elatior var. tatrensis Domin Primula flueggeana Lehm. Primula glandulosa Schur Primula lateriflora Goupin Primula montana Opiz Primula perreiniana Flüggé Primula poloninensis (Domin) Fed. Primula subarctica Schur Primula veris var. elatior L. Primula veris ssp. elatior (L.) Ehrh. Primula zahlbrukneri Vest |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, GRB Great Britain, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, RUW Northwest European Russia, UKR Ukraine) |