| Scientific Name: | Primula denticulata |
| Common Name: | drumstick primrose |
| Family Name: | Primulaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Semi-evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Perennial border, Rock garden, Summer interest, Waterside planting, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Oblanceolate, Oblong, Spatulate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Umbel, White, Blue, Violet, Purple, Pink, Red, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, May |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, most oblanceolate-spatulate, 5-20cm long x 2-6cm wide (enlarge when fruiting), margin finely dentate; umbel a rounded ball, peduncle 5-30cm long (elongating to 45cm in fruit), flowers 1-2cm wide on pedicels 1-5mm long, Apr-May. | |