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Primula auricula
Also called Bear's Ear, Dusty Miller, Garden Auricula
Auricula is a small evergreen alpine perennial with rosettes of thick, mealy leaves and clusters of yellow flowers, valued by gardeners in pots and rock gardens. The key to growing it is cool, bright conditions with sharp drainage and no waterlogging.
Primula auricula, often known as auricula, mountain cowslip or bear's ear (from the shape of its leaves), is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, that grows on basic rocks in the mountain ranges of central Europe, including the western Alps, Jura Mountains, the Vosges, the Black Forest and the Tatra Mountains.
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. In the UK two National Collections of auriculas are held by Hillview Hardy Plants nursery, on a 1 acre (0.4 ha) plot in Worfield, Shropshire.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Primula auricula by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
