Primula does grow on Mount Olympus. I have seen P. vulgaris ssp sibthorpii there, in white, and found this mention of P. veris online: http://greekmountainflora.info/Olympos/slides/… I don't recall ever seeing P. veris on Mt Olympus. Mark > Message du 14/04/16 18:10 > De : "David Pilling" > A : "Pacific Bulb Society" > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [pbs] Dodecatheon etymology > > Hi, > > On 14/04/2016 03:45, Travis O wrote: > > I'd still be interested in learning which species of Primula Pliny was referring to. > > Primula veris - aka 'cowslip' looks a bit like dodecatheon, herbal > qualities. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primula_veris/ > > > -- > David Pilling > http://www.davidpilling.com/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/