Primulaceae
Primrose Or Primula Family
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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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.
Which Primulaceae species is this?
Answer what you can see and narrow it down to a single Primulaceae species.
To check whether a plant belongs to Primulaceae, compare the leaf arrangement, leaf type, flower symmetry, fruit type, and one distinctive marker together. A single feature can mislead; the family pattern is the combination.
Learn the full family-identification methodTypical leaf characters
- ArrangementVariable
TypeSimple- 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
Families that can look similar
Balsaminaceae
Compare against Balsaminaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare BalsaminaceaeEbenaceae
Compare against Ebenaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare EbenaceaeSapotaceae
Compare against Sapotaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare SapotaceaeMyrsinaceae
Compare against Myrsinaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare MyrsinaceaeAll 4 species in PRIMULACEAE
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