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Cowslip - Primula veris

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Cowslip Cowslip - Primula veris dylan Westbury Wildlife Park 11 May 2021, 6:19 p.m. 9 May 2021, 4:06 p.m.
Cowslip Cowslip - Primula veris dylan Horfield Common 13 Aug 2020, 6:35 p.m. 7 May 2020, 5:48 p.m.
Cowslip Cowslip - Primula veris dylan Horfield Common 13 Aug 2020, 6:35 p.m. 7 May 2020, 5:48 p.m.
Cowslip Cowslip - Primula veris dylan County Durham 10 Oct 2020, 4:42 p.m. 29 May 2018, 5:54 p.m.
Cowslip Cowslip - Primula veris dylan County Durham 10 Oct 2020, 4:42 p.m. 29 May 2018, 5:55 p.m.
Cowslip Cowslip - Primula veris dylan County Durham 10 Oct 2020, 4:42 p.m. 29 May 2018, 5:55 p.m.

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Species Description

Was once extremely but then suffered a severe decline between the 1930s-1980s due to a change in farming techniques to mechanisation-ploughing fields more frequently and making new ones, and using herbicides, but still fairly common and is recovering. Habitat includes: meadows roadside verges, pastures, open woods, scrub. Other names include: Freckled face, Golden drops, Bunch of keys, Fairies' flower, Lady's fingers, Long legs and Milk maidens. Welsh names include Dagrau Mair, 'Mary's tears'. The name 'Cowslip' refers to the fact that they grow where cow-pats have been left or 'slupped'.