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Plant family: primulaceae

 

Primroses and their relatives. Two genuses whose plants are currently placed in myrsinaceae by GRIN, cyclamen and lysimachia, were both previously included in primulaceae.

I use the GRIN online query system to determine plant families. The list below shows the plants in my database listed as members of the primulaceae family. Click on the botanical name of any plant to go to the plant portrait. For a list of all the plant families represented in our garden, see my families page.


Botanical name Common name Category FlowersSize
Anagallis monelli 'Blue Light' blue pimperneltender perennial (Z8-10) blue (summer-fall)6-12"
Androsace carnea ssp. brigantiaca rock jasmineperennial (Z5-8) white (spring)2"
Androsace darvasica perennial white3"
Androsace septentrionalis northern rock jasmineannual white1-10"
Cortusa matthioli alpine bellsperennial pink or violet10"
Cortusa matthioli subsp. altaica perennial (Z4) purple (summer)4"
Cortusa turkestanica perennial pink6"
Dionysia aretioides perennial yellow3"
Dodecatheon amethystinum jeweled shooting starperennial (Z3-7) magenta12-18"
Dodecatheon jeffreyi Sierra shooting starperennial (Z5-8) purple-red (late spring-early summer)18-24"
Dodecatheon meadia shooting starperennial pink,white (May)18"
Dodecatheon pulchellum shooting starperennial (Z5-7) 15-20"
Lysimachia congestiflora creeping Jennyperennial (Z7-9) yellow (summer)6-8"
Primula beesiana perennial violet (late spring)24"
Primula bulleyana candelabra primroseperennial (Z4-9) orange-yellow (spring-summer)18-24"
Primula capitata v. mooreana perennial (Z5) blue8-12"
Primula cortusoides primroseperennial (Z3) pink (late spring)10"
Primula deflexa perennial purple-blue (late spring)3-6"
Primula denticulata? drumstick primrose; Himalayan primroseperennial (Z3-8) lilac (early spring)8-12"
Primula elatior oxlipperennial (Z5-9) yellow (spring)10-12"
Primula farinosa birds-eye primroseperennial violet-blue (spring)2-8"
Primula florindae primroseperennial yellow (summer)8-16"
Primula frondosa perennial lilac (spring)6"
Primula japonica Japanese primroseperennial (Z3-9) various (white/pink/red), late spring18-24"
Primula obtusifolia perennial purple
Primula poissonii perennial pink
Primula polyneura perennial purple (June)8"
Primula saxatilis primroseperennial purple (April-May)8"
Primula stenodonta perennial pink (spring)24"
Primula veris 'Sunset shades' and 'Red Strain' English cowslipperennial (Z4) yellow-red8"
Primula x polyantha polyanthus primroseperennial (Z3-8) various colors (spring)6-12"
Soldanella carpatica alpine snowbellsperennial (Z5-8) blue-violet (early spring)
Soldanella montana mountain snowbellsperennial (Z5-9) purple (spring)6-8"

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Last modified: December 11, 2014
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