Primulaceae
Fls perfect, regular, 5-merous, bracted, solitary or in panicles or umbels; stamens opp. corolla-lobes; anthers 2-celled, introrse, dehiscing lengthwise. Ovary superior or semi-inferior, unilocular; carpels us. 5, placentation free-central, ovules few to many. Style with capitate stigma. Fr. capsular, dehiscing by valves, or transversely; seeds with cop. endosperm. Annual or perennial herbs with lvs often all radical or all alt. Subcosmopolitan family with some 30 genera and 800 spp.
