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Primula vulgaris Hudson (Primrose)

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Records (and photo sets)

Taxon	Summary	Date	Vice-county	Country
Primula vulgaris	In flower	12 April 2005	South Hampshire	England			2
Primula vulgaris		26 April 2004	Bucks	England	1	3
Primula vulgaris		15 April 2004	South Devon	England	12		1
Primula vulgaris	In flower	8 April 2002	East Gloucestershire	England	5
Primula vulgaris	Plant	11 March 2000	Dorset	England	5
Primula vulgaris	Plant	26 February 2000	Berks	England	6
Primula vulgaris	Plant	3 May 1999	Berks	England		5	9
Primula vulgaris	Plant	3 May 1999	Berks	England		11	7
Primula vulgaris		26 April 1986	North Wiltshire	England	3
Primula vulgaris		11 April 1976	West Sussex	England	1
Primula vulgaris	In flower	14 May 1973	North-east Yorkshire	England	1
Primula vulgaris	Plant	6 April 1969	East Sussex	England	1

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Variety	Primula vulgaris (garden form) (Cultivated Primula)	1
Aberration	Primula vulgaris scaped form (a primrose)	7

Suggested Literature

Primula vulgaris may be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Primula vulgaris:

	(live)	live is parasitised by	Peronospora oerteliana - a downy mildew (Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	(live)	live is parasitised by telium	Puccinia primulae - Primrose Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
		is foodplant of	Brachysomus hirtus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)		Morris, M.G., 1997
	anther (live)	live anther is parasitised by conidial anamorph	Urocystis primulae - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	corolla tube (live)	live corolla tube may house conidia	Urocystis primulae - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	leaf (live)	live leaf is mined by larva	Chromatomyia primulae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine long, white, linear, with frass in conspicuous, widely spaced black lumps]
	leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium	Puccinia primulae - Primrose Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	leaf (live)	live leaf has leaves shot holed by mostly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph	Ramularia primulae - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round or angular, pale brown spots, each surrounded by a bright yellow or pale orange border; the centres sometimes drop out]
	leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Ascochyta primulae - a coelomycete		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes large, whitish, yellow-bordered spots]
	leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by colony of Cercosporella anamorph	Cercosporella primulae - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causing chocolate brown spots, sometimes with grey centres which eventually become thin and papery]
	leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph	Ramularia interstitialis - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae)		Bioimages - the Virtual Field Guide: http://www.bioimages.org.uk [causes yellowish spots fading outwards without definite margin, eventually dying and producing small pale brown spots with microscopic brown flecks; white felty mycelium beneath leaf may spread to cover most of leaf]
	leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous colony of Ramularia anamorph	Ramularia primulae - an anamorphic fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes round or angular, pale brown spots, each surrounded by a bright yellow or pale orange border; the centres sometimes drop out]
	leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous aecium	Puccinia primulae - Primrose Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes yellow spots]
	leaf-mine	leaf-mine may house puparium	Chromatomyia primulae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)		Spencer, K.A., 1972
	ovary (live)	live ovary is parasitised by embedded sorus	Urocystis primulae - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	ovary (live)	live ovary is parasitised by conidial anamorph	Urocystis primulae - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae)		Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	rootstock	rootstock is foodplant of larva	Cheilosia antiqua - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)		Rotheray, G.E., 1993 [look for small amounts of dry, brown frass in the centre of the rosette]

Primula vulgaris may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References