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Botanical Family · Ericales

Primulaceae

Primrose Or Primula Family

4 speciesOrder Ericales3+ well-known plants

The Primulaceae family (Primrose Or Primula Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Ericales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 4 species across 3 genera. Its members are predominantly herbs. Well-represented genera include Anagallis, Cyclamen and Primula. Several members are valued in traditional medicine. Familiar examples include Sheperd's Clock, Persian Cyclamen and Fairy Primrose.

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Representative PRIMULACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Primulaceae
Key pattern

Simple leaves, often clustered in a basal rosette, on herbs; regular flowers fuse their petals into a short tube with the stamens attached directly opposite each petal lobe rather than alternating with them, ripening into a capsule.

Stamens sitting directly opposite the petals rather than alternating with them is an unusual arrangement shared by only a handful of flowering-plant families.

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Typical leaf characters

  • ArrangementVariable
  • Simple type leaf characterTypeSimple
  • MarginVariable
  • VenationVariable

Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.

Typical flower & fruit

  • Flower symmetryVariable
  • InflorescenceUmbel
  • FruitVariable

Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.

Notable members

Sheperd's ClockAnagallis arvensisPersian CyclamenCyclamen persicumFairy PrimrosePrimula malacoides

All 4 species in PRIMULACEAE

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