Primrose - Western Europe Native, A Plant With Good Culinary Use!
Primrose, Primula Vulgaris as it is called is a species of the genus, Vulgaris and is native to Western and Southern Europe.
It is an herbaceous and perennial plant that grows up to 20 centimeters in height.
You would find these plants growing in parts of Turkey and Iran.
This is one of the plants that can tolerate good swings in temperatures, as you would find that most of the regions where this plant is found to have wild extremes in their temperatures.
Primrose, by the looks of it, may certainly look like a flower next door.
And that is precisely why these flowers have been stolen from their plants quite a few times in the urban cities to an extent that they were on the verge of being endangered.
The United Kingdom government thus has passed a resolution banning the picking of primroses.
Primrose has three subspecies and they are as follows • Subspecies Vulgarism - Native to Southern and Western Europe; flowers look pale in color • Subspecies Balearica - Flowers look white in color.
• Subspecies sibthorpii - Found in the Balkan regions; flowers are pink, red or purple in color.
You would often find Primroses being used for culinary purposes.
The flowers and leaves of this plant are edible even in their raw form.
On eating, you would find them tasting somewhat like a lettuce at times, and on others, like bitter salad greens.
Did you know that Primrose wine is made out of young flowers? Evening Primrose, a variation of Primrose is used as an excellent healing alternative.
This plant has a high degree of fatty acids in them, which makes this plant an excellent healer.
You would be surprised to know that the substances of medicinal value in this plant cannot be found in any other plant.
The Evening Primrose can be used to make Evening Primrose oil, a product that has some exceptional herbal uses, some of which are described below.
• To alleviate adverse affects of PMS symptoms.
• To cure asthma and other allergies.
• To treat chronic headaches.
• Can be used as a skin nourishing agent.
• Can also be used as an anti-inflammatory agent.
Surely, one of the variations of Primrose can be used wonderfully well as an herbal medication, though primarily Primrose cannot be used so! The Evening Primrose thus is one of the important types or variations of Primrose.
The reasons for its popularity are not difficult to guess - Here is a plant that can be used as an herbal treatment for a lot of health disorders.
Isn't that exciting? With that being said, do not think of extracting oil from evening primrose from your home garden, as you would find it is a complex process at that.
It is an herbaceous and perennial plant that grows up to 20 centimeters in height.
You would find these plants growing in parts of Turkey and Iran.
This is one of the plants that can tolerate good swings in temperatures, as you would find that most of the regions where this plant is found to have wild extremes in their temperatures.
Primrose, by the looks of it, may certainly look like a flower next door.
And that is precisely why these flowers have been stolen from their plants quite a few times in the urban cities to an extent that they were on the verge of being endangered.
The United Kingdom government thus has passed a resolution banning the picking of primroses.
Primrose has three subspecies and they are as follows • Subspecies Vulgarism - Native to Southern and Western Europe; flowers look pale in color • Subspecies Balearica - Flowers look white in color.
• Subspecies sibthorpii - Found in the Balkan regions; flowers are pink, red or purple in color.
You would often find Primroses being used for culinary purposes.
The flowers and leaves of this plant are edible even in their raw form.
On eating, you would find them tasting somewhat like a lettuce at times, and on others, like bitter salad greens.
Did you know that Primrose wine is made out of young flowers? Evening Primrose, a variation of Primrose is used as an excellent healing alternative.
This plant has a high degree of fatty acids in them, which makes this plant an excellent healer.
You would be surprised to know that the substances of medicinal value in this plant cannot be found in any other plant.
The Evening Primrose can be used to make Evening Primrose oil, a product that has some exceptional herbal uses, some of which are described below.
• To alleviate adverse affects of PMS symptoms.
• To cure asthma and other allergies.
• To treat chronic headaches.
• Can be used as a skin nourishing agent.
• Can also be used as an anti-inflammatory agent.
Surely, one of the variations of Primrose can be used wonderfully well as an herbal medication, though primarily Primrose cannot be used so! The Evening Primrose thus is one of the important types or variations of Primrose.
The reasons for its popularity are not difficult to guess - Here is a plant that can be used as an herbal treatment for a lot of health disorders.
Isn't that exciting? With that being said, do not think of extracting oil from evening primrose from your home garden, as you would find it is a complex process at that.
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