What is "primula veris"

Oxlip \Ox"lip`\, n. [AS. oxanslyppe. See Ox, and Cowslip.] (Bot.) The great cowslip ( Primula veris, var. elatior).

Palsywort \Pal"sy*wort`\, n. (Bot.) The cowslip ( Primula veris); -- so called from its supposed remedial powers.
--Dr. Prior.

Cowslip \Cow"slip`\ (-sl[i^]p`), n. [AS. c[=u]slyppe, c[=u]sloppe, prob. orig., cow's droppings. Cf. Slop, n.] (Bot.)

1. A common flower in England ( Primula veris) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often cultivated in the United States.

2. In the United States, the marsh marigold ( Caltha palustris), appearing in wet places in early spring and often used as a pot herb. It is nearer to a buttercup than to a true cowslip. See Illust. of Marsh marigold.

   American cowslip (Bot.), a pretty flower of the West ( Dodecatheon Meadia), belonging to the same order ( Primulace[ae]) with the English cowslip.

   French cowslip (Bot.), bear's-ear ( Primula Auricula).

Primula veris (cowslip, common cowslip cowslip primrose; syn. Primula officinalis Hill) is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the primrose 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 and in Scandinavia. This species frequently hybridizes with other Primulas such as Primula vulgaris to form false oxslip ( Primula × polyantha) which is often confused with true oxslip ( Primula elatior), a much rarer plant. Botanists have found at least twenty-five of these hybrid-forms in the Austrian Alps.