Primulaceae . . . . . Primrose family


Choose by flower colour from White,   Pink/red/blue,  or  Yellow/Orange:


White Primulaceae - choose nearest:

Lysimachia europaea
Samolus valerandi
Lysimachia minima
Hottonia
Chickweed wintergreen
Brookweed
Chaffweed
Water violet

Pink/red (& blue) Primulaceae - choose:

Lysimachia tenella
Lysimachia maritima
Lysimachia arvensis
Lysimachia foemina
Bog pimpernel
Sea milkwort
Scarlet pimpernel
Blue pimpernel

Primula scotica
Primula farinosa
Cyclamen hederifolia
Scottish primrose
Bird's eye primrose
Cyclamen

Yellow Primulaceae - choose:

Lysimachia nummularia
Lysimachia nemorum
Lysimachia punctata
Lysimachia vulgaris
Creeping Jenny (NB sepals)
Yellow pimpernel
Garden loosestrife
Yellow loosestrife

Lysimachia thyrsiflora
Lysimachia ciliata
Primula vulgaris
Primula veris
Tufted loosestrife
Fringed Loosestrife
Primrose
Cowslip

Primula elatior
Primula florindae
Primula bulleyana
Oxlip
Himalayan cowslip
Candelabra primrose
Fringed Loosestrife

Anagallis . . . . . Pimpernels

see Lysimachia

Centunculus . . . Chaffweed

See Lysimachia

Cyclamen . . . . . Cyclamen or Sowbread

Cyclamen hederifolia . . . . . Cyclamen

Glaux . . . Sea milkwort

see Lysimachia maritima

Hottonia . . . . . Water violet

Hottonia palustris . . . . Water violet

In ponds esp. in En, N Wa and C Ire (Photo 1 from Wikimedia)

Lysimachia . . . . Loosestrifes and pimpernels

Lysimachia arvensis (=Anagallis arvensis) . . . . Scarlet pimpernel

A common weed

Lysimachia ciliata . . . Fringed loosestrife

Uncommonly naturalised esp. N EN, Sc, Ire

Lysimachia europaea (=Trientalis europaea) . . . . Chickweed wintergreen

On heather moors and open pine woods, esp. in Sc

Lysimachia foemina (=Anagallis arvensis ssp. foemina) . . . . Blue pimpernel

Scattered, mostly in S half of Br; this does not have the globular cells at the end of petal hairs of blue forms of L. arvensis (shown in pics 2 & 3)

Lysimachia maritima (=Glaux maritima) . . . . Sea milkwort

Saltmarshes round coasts of BI

Lysimachia minima (was Centunculus minimus) . . . Chaffweed

A tiny plant; on bare, damp sandy ground on heaths and tracks, esp. in W

See other tiny plants:

Blinks Herniaria Allseed

Lysimachia nemorum . . . Yellow pimpernel

Woodland

Lysimachia nummularia . . . Creeping jenny

Damp shady places; note the large triangular sepals and rounded leaves

Lysimachia punctata . . . Garden loosestrife

NB Corolla lobes glandular-hairy at margins and calyx teeth uniformly green (cf. L. vulgaris)

Also L. ciliata (Fringed loosestrife), with flower stalks >2 cm, and hairless leaves and calyx; a rare garden escape in N En and Sc; also L. terrestris (Lake loosestrife) rare in lake district, any fls in terminal raceme

Lysimachia tenella (=Anagallis tenella). . . Bog pimpernel

Common in marshy areas but less so in E Sc and C En

Lysimachia thyrsiflora . . . Tufted loosestrife

Local from N En to C Sc in wet places

Lysimachia vulgaris . . . Yellow loosestrife

NB Corolla lobes hairless at margins and calyx teeth with orange margins (cf L. punctata)

Primula . . . . Primroses

Primula farinosa . . . Bird's eye primrose

Local, but often frequent where it occurs on damp grassy areas in N En

Primula scotica . . . Scottish primrose

A very tiny plant; Confined to grassy places near the sea on N coast of Sc and Orkney

Primula elatior . . . Oxlip

Flowers turned to one side, clear yellow petals (no orange streaks); naturally only on boulder clay Bucks, to Suffolk & Essex

Primula veris . . . Cowslip

Has up to 30 flowers/head with orange streaks in flower

Primula vulgaris . . . Primrose

Flowers winter-spring in shady areas

Primula x polyantha . . . Primrose x cowslip cross

A number of other garden candelabra spp. and 'auriculas' sometimes persist out of gardens, these include:
P. florindae
P. florindae
P. bulleyana
P. bulleyana
Tibetan cowslip
Tibetan cowslip
Candelabra primrose
Candelabra primrose

Samolus . . . Brookweed

Samolus valerandi . . . Brookweed

By streams by the sea except N & E Sc

Trientalis . . . Chickweed wintergreen

See Lysimachia europaea