Editing Primula veris (section)

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Primula veris 230405.jpg
| genus = Primula
| species = veris
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = ''Primula veris'' subsp. ''macrocalyx''
}}
{{distinguish|Cowslip (bovine podiatry)}}
'''''Primula veris''''', the '''cowslip''', '''common cowslip''', or '''cowslip primrose''' ([[syn.]] ''Primula officinalis'' [[John Hill (author)|{{small|Hill}}]]), is a [[herbaceous perennial]]  [[flowering plant]] in the [[Primula vulgaris|primrose]] [[family (biology)|family]] [[Primulaceae]]. The [[species]] is [[native plant|native]] throughout most of temperate Europe and western Asia,<ref name=powo>{{cite web|work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Kew |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:702751-1 |title=''Primula veris'' L. |access-date=19 March 2023 }}</ref> and although absent from more northerly areas including much of northwest Scotland, it reappears in northernmost Sutherland and Orkney and in Scandinavia.<ref>{{cite book | author = Preston, Pearman & Dines | date = 2002 | title = New Atlas of the British Flora | publisher = Oxford University Press}}</ref> This species frequently [[hybrid plant|hybridizes]] with other ''Primulas'' such as the common primrose ''[[Primula vulgaris]]'' to form false oxlip ([[Primula polyanthus#Garden hybrids and cultivars|''Primula'' × ''polyantha'']]) which is often confused with true oxlip (''[[Primula elatior]]''), a much rarer plant.