Primrose / Jaglac

Description:

The common name is primrose (common or English primrose). It is a perennial growing 10–30 cm (4–12 in) tall, with a basal rosette of leaves which are more-or-less evergreen in favoured habitats. The leaves are 5–25 cm long and 2–6 cm broad, often heavily wrinkled, with an irregularly crenate to dentate margin, and a usually short leaf stem. The delicately scented flowers are 2–4 cm in diameter, borne singly on short slender stems. The flowers are pale yellow. The flowers are actinomorphic with a superior ovary which later forms a capsule opening by valves to release the small black seeds.

Habitat:

Western and southern Europe

Notes:

Flowers and leaves are edible, the flavor is in the range between mild and bitter lettuce. The leaves can also be used for tea, and the young flowers can be prepared Primrose wine.