| Scientific Name: | Primula auricula |
| Common Name: | mountain cowslip |
| Family Name: | Primulaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Semi-evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Alpine, Perennial border, Rock garden, Spring interest, Wetland - bogs |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Leathery, Lustrous, Obovate, Spatulate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Umbel, Yellow, Violet, Pink, Magenta, Red, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves sessile, basal, obovate-spatulate, 5-15cm long x 2-5cm wide, somewhat thickened and leathery, margins entire or with slightly dentate; flowers yellow, 5-20cm per umbel, peduncle about 10cm long. | |