Scientific Name: Primula veris.
English Name: Cowslip
French Name: Coucou.
5 Key Characters:
Habitat: Meadows, grasslands, open woods on basic or calcareous soils.
Flowering Period: March-April-May.
Status: Common.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
English Name: Cowslip
French Name: Coucou.
The first Cowslip of spring, photographed in March.
5 Key Characters:- 10-30 flowers in a head, spread in all directions, not just drooping to one side.
- petals apricoty yellow with orange streaks.
- flowers are cup shaped and fold down into a tube.
- flowers are held in a downy, blunt oval toothed calyx.
- very wrinkled leaves.
Habitat: Meadows, grasslands, open woods on basic or calcareous soils.
Flowering Period: March-April-May.
Status: Common.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
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