Discover
Identify
Record
False Oxlip - Primula vulgaris x veris = P. x polyantha
A natural hybrid; where native cowslips (Primula veris) and primroses (P. vulgaris) grow together they sometimes hybridise to produce the False Oxlip. It is generally a larger plant than the cowslip.
Some forms of garden primrose and 'Polyanthas'. The true Oxlip has never been found in VC55.
Flowers in an umbel on a scape (flower stalk); yellow flowers. Intermediate in leaf, flowers and hairiness between primrose and cowslip. Escaped 'Polyanthas' usually have different coloured flowers and should be recorded as P vulgaris 'Cult'.
Only record in areas where the two parents are found in wild populations, usually in woodland or old hedgebanks; plants in different colours to yellow; or near habitation, parks and gardens, churchyards etc should be recorded as P vulgaris 'Cult'
In areas where both parents are found.
Flowers April and May.
Hybrid perennial.
To follow
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.
In the current Checklist (Jeeves, 2011) it is listed as native, woodland, occasional
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
Enter a town or village to see local records
MAP KEY:
Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015
UK Map
Species profile
- Common names
- False Oxlip, Polyanthus
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Ericales
- Family:
- Primulaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 14
- First record:
- 17/05/2012 (Cooper, Barbara)
- Last record:
- 09/03/2024 (Harding, Ian)
Total records by month
% of records within its species group
10km squares with records
The latest images and records displayed below include those awaiting verification checks so we cannot guarantee that every identification is correct. Once accepted, the record displays a green tick.
In the Latest Records section, click on the header to sort A-Z, and again to sort Z-A. Use the header boxes to filter the list.