| Description | An English wildflower that makes a nice early blooming garden perennial. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-9 |
| Sunlight | full sun to light shade, light shade probably the best |
| Moisture | average to moist, dislikes dry |
| Soil & Site | Found growing in well drained neutral grassy fields or on banks. Also in light woodlands. Garden soils should be moist and well drained. |
| Flowers | golden yellow, orange mark at the base of each petal, up to 16, slightly drooping florets borne on a truss in an umbel, May, pollinated by bees |
| Leaves | coarsely and irregularly toothed, wrinkled, slightly hairy on the upper surface more so underneath, borne on petioles about 1/3 the length |
| Stems | Stems arise from a stout rhizome. |
| Dimensions | 8 inches tall |
| Propagation | seed, division |
| Misc Facts | Wide spread found in eastern and Western Europe, Iran, Turkey and in some parts of Mongolia. The species name "veris" means of the spring or spring flowering. (SYN P. officinalis) |
| Notes & Reference | (References: #6-Perennials for American Gardens, #36-Encyclopedia of Perennials, #95- Primroses and Polyanthus) |
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