Primula veris subsp. columnae (Ten.) Lüdi

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omy: Fam. Primulaceae// Genus: Primula// Species: Primula veris L.// Subspecies: Primula veris subsp. columnae (Ten.) Lüdi.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Micevski (1998) and Valentine and Kress (1964 in Tutin et al.).

Lifeform: Perennial plant. Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from South Europe to Turkey according to the Plants of the World online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Oak and European beech forests, grasslands and pastures from the lowland up to the subalpine belt.

Flowering period: Spring: MAR, APR, MAY.

Locality: village of Rajchani. Date: 08.04.2023.

Primula veris subsp. columnae – habit. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris subsp. columnae – habit. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris subsp. columnae – habit. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris subsp. columnae – inflorescence – flowers. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris subsp. columnae – inflorescence – flowers. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris subsp. columnae – flowers. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris subsp. columnae – side view of flowers with calyx. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris subsp. columnae – scapes and leaves. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris subsp. columnae – scapes and leaves. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris subsp. columnae – leaves. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris subsp. columnae – leaf. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris subsp. columnae – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris subsp. columnae – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris subsp. columnae – base of lamina and petiole. Osogovo – near village of Rajchani, 08.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Lake Gradche. Date: 16.04.2022.

Primula veris – habit. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris – habit. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris – habit. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris – inflorescence. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris – inflorescence. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris – flowers. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris – flowers. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris – flowers. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris – leaves and scapes. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris – leaves and scape. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris – leaves. Osogovo, lake “Gradche”, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: Ridge between the Kochanska and Orizarska Rivers. Date: 20.03.2022.

Primula veris – habit. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 20.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris – inflorescence. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 20.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris – flowers. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 20.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris – leaves and scape. Osogovo, ridge between the gorges of “Kochanska” River and “Orizarska” River, 20.03.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: village of Pantelej region. Date: 10.04.2021.

Primula veris – habit. Osogovo – near village of Pantelej, 10.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris – flowers. Osogovo – near village of Pantelej. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris – flowers. Osogovo – near village of Pantelej. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Primula veris – leaves. Osogovo – near village of Pantelej. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Micevski, K. 1998. Primula L., The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 4. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 798–803.

Primula veris subsp. columnae. Marhold, K. 2011+: Primulaceae. – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/c14e3ab5-cf9a-455e-9d3b-ad9a0f2882fe [Accessed 25.03.2026].

Primula veris subsp. columnae (Ten.) Maire & Petitm. Plants of the World online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77251604-1 [Accessed 17.04.2021].

Valentine, D. H. and Kress, A. 1964. Primula L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 15–20.

Last update: 25.03.2026.