Plant - Cowslip, flower - Dixon postcard c.1960s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Cowslip (Primula veris)
• Publisher:  J Arthur Dixon (PC 30)
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  1&half green + 1d. blue Wildings
• Postmark(s):  unfranked
• Sent to:  Warlston Road, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey
• Notes / condition:  slight wear

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Primula veris (cowslip, common cowslip; syn. Primula officinalis Hill) is a flowering plant in the genus Primula of the family Primulaceae. The species is native throughout most of temperate Europe and Asia, and although absent from more northerly areas including much of northwest Scotland, it reappears in northernmost Sutherland and Orkney.^[1]

The common name cowslip may derive from the old English for cow dung, probably because the plant was often found growing amongst the manure in cow pastures.^[2] An alternative derivation simply refers to slippery or boggy ground; again, a typical habitat for this plant.^[3]

The species name veris means ""of spring"".^[4] However, this is not the first primula to flower, being preceded by the primrose P. vulgaris.

Other folk names include cuy lippe, herb peter, paigle, peggle, key flower, key of heaven, fairy cups, petty mulleins, crewel, buckles, palsywort, plumrocks, tittypines.^[5]

Primula veris is a variable evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial plant growing to 25 cm (10 in) tall and broad, with a rosette of leaves 5–15 cm long and 2–6 cm broad. The deep yellow flowers are produced in spring, in clusters of 10-30 blooms together on a single stem.^[6] Each flower is 9–15 mm broad. Red-flowered plants occur rarely.

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period=1945 - present

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