1465 Primula vulgaris Huds.

Syn.: P. acaulis (L.) Hill

This polymorphic species occurs in W., S.C. and S. Europe and adjacent parts of Africa and Asia (subsp. vulgaris). Subsp. sibthorpii (Hoffm.) W. W. Sm. & Torr. in the southeast {Turkey, Iran etc.) is mapped separately. See further Fl. Eur. 3/1972, p. 16. Cf. also Meusel et al. 1978, map p. 336.