Primulaceae
Oxlip
Primula elatior
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Primula
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Common names
By language (37)
- ang
- Oxanslyppe
- Arabic
- زهرة الربيع الطويلة, شفة الثور
- Armenian
- Գնարբուկ
- arz
- بريمولا الاتيور
- Belarusian
- Першацвет высокі
- Bulgarian
- Крилатолистна иглика
- Catalan
- Primevère élevée
- Chinese
- 牛唇报春
- Croatian
- Visoki jaglac
- Czech
- Prvosenka vyšší
- Danish
- Fladkravet Kodriver
- Dutch
- Slanke sleutelbloem
- English
- Oxlip, True oxlip
- Estonian
- Kõrge priimula
- Finnish
- Lehtoesikko, Etelänkevätesikko
- French
- Primevère élevée, Coucou des bois, Primevere elevee
- German
- Hohe Schlüsselblume, Hohe Primel, Wald-Schlüsselblume, Waldschlüsselblume, Primevère élevée
- hsb
- Łučny kropačk
- Hungarian
- Sudár kankalin, Sugárkankalin
- Icelandic
- Huldulykill
- Irish
- Baisleach
- Japanese
- セイタカサクラソウ, セイタカセイヨウサクラソウ, プリムラ・エラティオール
- kw
- Brialli an ogen, Briallen an oghen
- Latvian
- Dižā prīmula
- Lithuanian
- Primevère élevée
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hagenøkleblom
- Persian
- پریمولا الاتیور
- Polish
- Pierwiosnek wyniosły, Pierwiosnka wyniosła
- Romanian
- Ciuboțica cucului de munte, Ciuboțica cucului
- Russian
- Первоцвет высокий
- Slovak
- Prvosienka vyššia
- Slovenian
- Visoki jeglič
- Spanish
- Bellorita encarnada, Bragas de cuco, Lilicopa, Papagalls de primavera, Primicias de la luna, Primicias del buen día, Yerba de San Pablo Mayor, Bellorita
- Swedish
- Lundviva, Primevère élevée
- Turkish
- Hakiki çuha çiçeği
- Ukrainian
- Первоцвіт високий
- Welsh
- Briallen-Fair ddi-sawr
Synonyms
- Primula elatior subsp. carpathica Nyman
- Primula veris subsp. elatior (L.) Ehrh.
- Primula veris unranked elatior (L.) Liebl.
- Primula veris var. elatior L.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 2,568 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gabriel Mayrhofer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Meurin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Татьяна Фирсова, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jono, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Արարատ Թրվանց, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Catherine Faber, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Silar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Gurney, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: GT1976, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adam Górski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: GT1976, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.