Primula, primrose (Primula), a genus of plants pervotsvetnyh. Perennial herbs with leafless stems-pointers. Leaves in a rosette. The flowers are regular, pentamerous, mostly yellow, pink or red, in umbellate inflorescences, rarely solitary. Calyx campanulate or tubular, corolla with a tube and funnel-shaped or spike-straightening. Fruit - box. About 500 species around the globe, but mainly in the temperate zone, as well as in the alpine mountain belt. In the USSR, about 70 species. Primula veris, or medication (Primula veris), - early spring plant shots 10-30 cm, with wrinkled leaves and bright yellow flowers, grows almost throughout the European part of the dry meadows, forest edges, thickets, light forests; krupnochashechny Primrose (Primula macrocalyx ) - in the European part (mostly in southern regions), the Caucasus and southern Siberia. The roots of both species contain saponins, volatile oils, glycosides, and are used as expectorant. Leaves of them contain large amounts of vitamins, saponins, used for beriberi. Flowers and leaves are used in the alcoholic beverage industry. Honey. Among irritant many ornamental plants such as Primula vulgaris (Primula vulgaris), polyanthus (Primula elatior).
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