Primrose or Primula vulgaris

Common name: Primrose
Genus/sp: Primula vulgaris
Family: Primrose

Description: Perennial with a distinct rossette of leaves and solitary flowers.
Pictured above is a cultivated pink version: in wilds would be yellow

Medicinal value: Floweeer tea used for headaches and as sedative.
Root extract used as expectorant. Leaf extract for eye inflammation.
Leaf juice used for acne, flowers used in love potionsss.
Some expereince contact dermatis

Flowering start: March-May
Location: Local (Westminster, MD)

Photo: E. Iglich