Plant Details

Accepted name:: Primula auricula L. [Primulaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
auricula	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
ayikulagi	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
garden auricula	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
primula auricula whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 40 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aretia auriculata (L.) Link Handbuch 2: 411 (1831).
Auricula hortensis Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 9: 357 (1840).
Auricula-ursi auricula (L.) Soják Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 148: 209 (1979 publ. 1980).
Auricula-ursi auricula subsp. hungarica (Borbás) Soják Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 148: 209 (1979 publ. 1980).
Primula auricula var. albocincta Widmer Eur. Art. Primula: 33, 138 (1891).
Primula auricula subsp. angustiae Kress Primulac.-Stud. 31(55): 35 (2024).
Primula auricula var. balbisii (Lehm.) Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 917 (1893).
Primula auricula subsp. balbisii (Lehm.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 604 (1881).
Primula auricula subsp. bauhinii (Beck) Lüdi in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1762 (1927).
Primula auricula var. bauhinii Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich: 917 (1893).
Primula auricula subsp. beckii Kress Primulac.-Stud. 31(55): 37 (2024).
Primula auricula subsp. bresinskyi Kress Primulac.-Stud. 31(55): 39 (2024).
Primula auricula subsp. ciliata (W.D.J.Koch) Lüdi in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1762 (1927).
Primula auricula var. ciliata W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2: 675 (1844).
Primula auricula subsubsp. correntium Kress Primulac.-Stud. 31(55): 37 (2024).
Primula auricula f. exscapa Widmer Eur. Art. Primula: 34 (1891).
Primula auricula subsp. hallae Kress Primulac.-Stud. 31(55): 40 (2024).
Primula auricula subsp. hungarica (Borbás) Soó Acta Geobot. Hung. 3: 58 (1940).
Primula auricula var. hungarica (Borbás) Mocsáry Természetrajzi Füz. 21: 467 (1901).
Primula auricula subsp. judicariae Kress Primulac.-Stud. 31(55): 41 (2024).
Primula auricula subsp. levidens Kress Primulac.-Stud. 31(55): 42 (2024).
Primula auricula subsp. longipila Kress Primulac.-Stud. 31(55): 43 (2024).
Primula auricula var. marginata Stein ex Kolb Alpenpfl.: 250 (1890).
Primula auricula f. marginata (Stein ex Kolb) Lüdi in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1762 (1927).
Primula auricula var. mollis W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2: 675 (1844).
Primula auricula var. nuda Widmer Eur. Art. Primula: 33, 139 (1891).
Primula auricula f. nuda (Widmer) Lüdi in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1762 (1927).
Primula auricula subsp. serratifolia (Rochel ex Pax) Jáv. Magyar Fl.: 807 (1925).
Primula auricula f. serratifolia Rochel ex Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 237: 131 (1905).
Primula auricula var. serratifolia (Rochel ex Pax) Mocsáry Természetrajzi Füz. 21: 467 (1901).
Primula auricula subsubsp. subnuda Kress Primulac.-Stud. 31(55): 36 (2024).
Primula balbisii Lehm. Monogr. Primul.: 45 (1817).
Primula balbisii subsp. hungarica (Borbás) Li Bing Zhang Phylogeny, Biogeogr. Syst. Soldanella & Primula sect. Auricula: 110 (2002).
Primula bellunensis Mottet Dict. Prat. Hort. 4: 331 (1896-1897).
Primula ciliata Moretti Giorn. Fis. Chim. Storia Nat. Med. Arti 8: 127 (1815), nom. illeg.
Primula dolomitis Baker Gard. Chron., n.s., 21: 577 (1884).
Primula hungarica Borbás Pallas Nagy Lexikona 10: 105 (1895).
Primula illibata Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. Fl. Eur. 2: 25 (1876).
Primula nivea Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 395 (1841), not validly publ.
Primula serratifolia Gand. Dec. Pl. Nov. Fl. Eur. 2: 26 (1876).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Primula auricola	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Primula auricula	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Primula auricula L.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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