Primulaceae

Cowslip

Primula veris L.

Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Primula

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Cowslip (Primula veris) — FlowerPhoto: SteveM4560, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (51)

Arabic: زهرة الربيع العطرية, زغدة خزنية, زهر الربيع, زهرة الربيع المرجية, عشبة الشلل, كعب الثلج
Armenian: Գնարբուկ գարնանային
arz: بريمولا فيريس
Azerbaijani: Bahar novruzçiçəyi, Bahar novruzgülü, Dərman novruzgülü
Basque: Udaberri-lore usaindun
Belarusian: Першацвет веснавы, Першацьвет веснавы
Bulgarian: Лечебна иглика
Catalan: Cucut, Margaridussa
Chinese: 黄花九轮草, 黄花九轮樱
Croatian: Proljetni jaglac
csb: Kukówczé rãkawice
Czech: Prvosenka jarní, Petrklíč
Danish: Hulkravet Kodriver
Dutch: Gulden sleutelbloem, Echte sleutelbloem, Gewoone sleutelbloem
English: Cowslip, Cowslip primrose, Buckles, Common cowslip, Crewel, Herb Peter, Paigle, Palsywort
Esperanto: Printempa primolo
Estonian: Harilik nurmenukk, Nurmenukk
Finnish: Kevätesikko
French: Primevère officinale, Brérelle, Coqueluchon, Coucou, Herbe de saint Paul, Herbe à la paralysie, Primerolle, Primevere officinale
Georgian: Დიდჯამა ფურისულა
German: Echte Schlüsselblume, Frühlingsschlüsselblume, Himmelschlüssel, Wiesen-Primel, Wiesen-Schlüsselblume
hsb: Wonjaty kropačk
Hungarian: Tavaszi kankalin
Icelandic: Sifjarlykill
io: Primulo
Irish: Bainne bó bleachtáin
Italian: Primavera
Japanese: キバナノクリンザクラ
Korean: 황화구륜초
kw: Brialli an gog, Briallen an gog
Latvian: Gaiļbiksīte
Lithuanian: Pavasarinė raktažolė
lld: Tles de S.Pire
Macedonian: Пролетна јаглика
nds: Gullen sleutelbloeme
Norwegian Bokmål: Marianøkleblom
Norwegian Nynorsk: Marinøkleblom, Marianøkleblom
Occitan: Cocut, Primavèra oficinala
os: Фыркъæдæн
Persian: پریمولا وریس
Polish: Pierwiosnek lekarski, Pierwiosnka lekarska
Romanian: Ciuboțica-cucului
Russian: Первоцвет весенний, Баранчики, Первоцвет лекарственный, Первоцвет настоя́щий, При́мула весенняя
sgs: Švėnta Petra raktā
Slovak: Prvosienka jarná
Slovenian: Pomladanski jeglič, Šmigovec
Spanish: Bellorita blanca, Bellorita de Jaraba, Gayadas, Pan de pecú, Peculilla, Primicia de amistades, Primicia del sol, Vellorita de oro
Swedish: Gullviva, Yxlägg
Ukrainian: Первоцвіт весняний
Walloon: Bråye-di-tchet
Welsh: Briallen Fair Sawrus, Briallen Fair, Briallu Mair, Dagrau Mair

Flowers

In flower: March to May (from 5,758 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: SteveM4560, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Kieran Roy Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jochen Essig, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: The original uploader was Jeffdelonge at French Wikipedia . Later versions were , CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Amada44, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Юлия Медведько, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sharon Hahn Darlin, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ivana Kruljević, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification 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.