Seasonal Wild Flowers

Bird's-eye Primrose

Primula farinosa

Primulaceae

May and June

It is found only In the North.

See the BSBI distribution map for Bird's-eye Primrose

It is found on wet, calcareous grassland and bare soils in

limestone areas of the Pennines.

Bird's-eye Primrose is a small (15cm), pretty, conspicuous,

native perennial herb.

The flowers are pink/lilac, up to 1.5cm across, with a

central yellow eye.

Leaves are in a rosette and they, like the stem, have

a whitish coating.

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Bird's-eye Primrose - Malham Tarn, Yorkshire

Whole plants

Flower with stigma

Rosette of leaves

Showy group