Primulaceae
Elatior hybrid primroses
Primula × polyantha
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Primula
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 多花报春
- English
- Elatior hybrid primroses, False oxlip, Hoop-in-hoop, Polyanthus, Polyanthus primula
- Finnish
- Loistokevätesikko
- Japanese
- プリムラ・ポリアンサ, クリンザクラ
- kw
- Brialli lowarth, Briallen lowarth
Synonyms
- Primula acaulis var. brevistyla (DC.) Gaudin
- Primula bosniaca Beck ex Fiala
- Primula bosniaka Fiala
- Primula brevistyla DC.
- Primula brevistyla var. flagellicaulis (A.Kern.) Rouy
- Primula caulescens Pax
- Primula cupularis Pax
- Primula flagellicaulis A.Kern.
- Primula intermedia Facchini
- Primula legueana E.G.Camus
- Primula sanctae-coronae Beck
- Primula variabilis Goupil
- Primula variabilis subsp. brevistyla (DC.) P.Fourn.
- Primula variabilis subsp. flagellicaulis (A.Kern.) P.Fourn.
- Primula variabilis subsp. legueana (E.G.Camus) P.Fourn.
- Primula variiflora Beck
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James Petts from London, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maki.rihova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, 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.