False Oxlip - Primula vulgaris x veris = P. x polyantha

A natural hybrid; where native cowslips (Primula veris) and primroses (P. vulgaris) grow together they sometimes hybridise to produce the False Oxlip. It is generally a larger plant than the cowslip. 

Some forms of garden primrose and 'Polyanthas'. The true Oxlip has never been found in VC55. 

Flowers in an umbel on a scape (flower stalk); yellow flowers.  Intermediate in leaf, flowers and hairiness between primrose and cowslip. Escaped 'Polyanthas' usually have different coloured flowers and should be recorded as P vulgaris 'Cult'. 

Only record in areas where the two parents are found in wild populations, usually in woodland or old hedgebanks; plants in different colours to yellow; or near habitation, parks and gardens, churchyards etc should be recorded as P vulgaris 'Cult'

In areas where both parents are found.

Flowers April and May.

Hybrid perennial.

To follow

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland.

In the current Checklist (Jeeves, 2011) it is listed as native, woodland, occasional