Primula matthioli(L.) V.A.Richt.

WFO wfo-0000483685 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Primula matthioli, photographed by Wolfgang Jauch
fig. a Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-07-07 / obs. 83452990
Primula matthioli, photographed by Ксения Волянская
fig. b Ксения Волянская, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 77178171
Primula matthioli, photographed by Ксения Волянская
fig. c Ксения Волянская, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 107418133
Primula matthioli, photographed by nina_nesterova
fig. d nina_nesterova, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 138721847
Primula matthioli, photographed by Константин Селивёрстов
fig. e Константин Селивёрстов, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57655653
Primula matthioli, photographed by Полина Полежанкина
fig. f Полина Полежанкина, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 120417079
Primula matthioli, photographed by Karsten Rohweder
fig. g Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61226637
Primula matthioli, photographed by Karsten Rohweder
fig. h Karsten Rohweder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 61227224

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Native range 42 botanical countries

Regions where Primula matthioli is native: Afghanistan, Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Japan, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, Primorye, Sakhalin, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Austria, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Italy, North European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, South European Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine AfghanistanAltayAmurBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChitaInner MongoliaIranIrkutskJapanKazakhstanKhabarovskKirgizstanKrasnoyarskMongoliaPrimoryeSakhalinTadzhikistanTibetTuvaUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaPakistanWest HimalayaAustriaBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGermanyItalyNorth European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSwitzerlandUkraine Korea
Native distribution of Primula matthioli, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Kirgizstan KGZ
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Mongolia MON
Primorye PRM
Sakhalin SAK
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Tuva TVA
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
Austria AUT EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Italy ITA
North European Russia RUN
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 122 in flower of 139 examined

Peak flowering in Jun. Each bar is the share of Primula matthioli observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 122 of 139 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 8 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 33 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cortusa altaica Losinsk.
  • Cortusa amurensis Fed.
  • Cortusa brotheri (Pax ex R.Knuth) Losinsk.
  • Cortusa coreana (Nakai) Nakai
  • Cortusa discolor Vorosch. & Gorovoj
  • Cortusa gradissima Schur
  • Cortusa himalaica Losinsk.
  • Cortusa insularis Miyabe & Tatew.
  • Cortusa jacutica Losinsk.
  • Cortusa jozana Miyabe & Tatew.
  • Cortusa matthioli L.
  • Cortusa matthioli f. brotheri Pax ex R.Knuth
  • Cortusa matthioli f. moravica Podp.
  • Cortusa matthioli f. pekinensis V.A.Richt.
  • Cortusa matthioli f. pubens (Schott, Nyman & Kotschy) Schur
  • Cortusa matthioli subsp. moravica (Podp.) Soják
  • Cortusa matthioli subsp. pekinensis (A.G.Richt.) Kitag.
  • Cortusa matthioli subsp. sibirica (Andrz. ex Besser) Nyár.
  • Cortusa matthioli subsp. turkestanica (A.Loz.) Iranshahr & Wendelbo
  • Cortusa matthiolii subsp. altaica (A.Los.) Korobkov
  • Cortusa matthiolii var. sachalinensis (Losinsk.) T.Yamaz.
  • Cortusa mongolica Losinsk.
  • Cortusa pekinensis (V.A.Richt.) Losinsk.
  • Cortusa pubens Schott, Nyman & Kotschy

and 9 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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