Primrose may refer to:

Botany

* Primulaceae, a family of flowering plants * ''

Primula vulgaris ''Primula vulgaris'', the common primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and parts of southwest Asia.''Flora Europaea'Primula vulgaris''/ref> The common name ...

'', commonly known as the primrose (also called the common primrose or English primrose) * '' Oenothera'', commonly known as evening primrose, a plant genus * Onagraceae, commonly known as the willowherb family or evening primrose family

Places

;Britain * Primrose Hill in London ;Canada *

Primrose Lake Primrose Lake is a large lake in the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta in the Churchill River drainage basin. The lake straddles the Saskatchewan / Alberta border, with most of the water surface in Saskatchewan with only the sou ...

on the

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on t ...

border ;South Africa *

Primrose, Gauteng Primrose is a suburb of Germiston in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the ...

;United States * Primrose, Alaska * Primrose, Georgia * Primrose, Kentucky * Primrose, Nebraska * Primrose, Ohio * Primrose, Pennsylvania * Primrose, Rhode Island *

Primrose, Wisconsin The Town of Primrose is located in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. As of 2018, the population was 731. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.8 square miles (92.8 km), all of it lan ...

, a town **

Primrose (community), Wisconsin The Town of Primrose is located in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. As of 2018, the population was 731. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.8 square miles (92.8 km), all of it lan ...

, an unincorporated community

People

Families

Clan Primrose Clan Primrose is a Lowland Scottish clan.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. Pages ...

, a Scottish clan headed by the Earl of Rosebery ** Earl of Rosebery, a title linked with the Clan Primrose ** Laird of Burnbrae, a title linked with the Clan Primrose

Surname

Archibald Primrose (disambiguation) Archibald Primrose may refer to: * Archibald Primrose, 1st Laird of Burnbrae (c.1538–?) * Archibald Primrose, Lord Carrington (1616–1679), notable Scottish lawyer, judge, and Cavalier * Archibald Primrose, 2nd Viscount of Primrose (died 1716), V ...

, various people *

Delphi Primrose Delphi Primrose (born 13 October 2003) is a British model, TikToker, and socialite. Primrose was featured on the cover of the August issue of ''Tatler Magazine'' in 2021. Early life and family The Honourable Delphi Helen Isobel Primrose was b ...

(b. 2003), Scottish model * Francis Ward Primrose (1785–1860), M.P. for Stirling District of Burghs * George Anson Primrose (1849–1930), Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy * George Primrose, member of the blackface song-and-dance team

Primrose and West Primrose and West was an American blackface song-and-dance team made up of partners George Primrose and William H. "Billy" West. They later went into the business of minstrel troupe ownership with a refined, high-class approach that signaled ...

Gilbert E. Primrose Gilbert Edward Primrose (27 February 1848 – 16 February 1935) was a Scottish amateur sportsman who made one appearance for the Scottish football XI against England in the representative match played in February 1871. He later settled in Helid ...

(1848–1935), Scottish international footballer *

John Primrose (disambiguation) John Primrose may refer to: * John Primrose, 4th Laird of Burnbrae (1590–1669) * John Primrose, 5th Laird of Burnbrae (c.1617-?) * John Primrose, 8th Laird of Burnbrae (c.1719-?) * Sir John Ure Primrose, 1st Baronet (1847–1924) Lord Prov ...

, various people * Henry Primrose (1846–1923), Scottish civil servant who became Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue * Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery * Neil Primrose (musician), Scottish drummer with the rock band Travis *

Patrick Primrose __NOTOC__ Patrick Primrose OP (c. 1605–1671) was a Scottish Dominican priest of the Roman Catholic Church, Scottish Vicar General, and royal chaplain to Queen Catherine of Braganza, who died in 1671 after being jailed for two months over wint ...

(c. 1605–1671), Scottish Roman Catholic priest *

William Primrose William Primrose CBE (23 August 19041 May 1982) was a Scottish violist and teacher. He performed with the London String Quartet from 1930 to 1935. He then joined the NBC Symphony Orchestra where he formed the Primrose Quartet. He performed in ...

, a violist

First name

* Primrose ("Prim") Everdeen, Katniss's sister in ''The Hunger Games'' trilogy

Other

* ''Primrose'' (musical), a musical comedy *

Primrose Brook Primrose Brook is a tributary of the Passaic River in the Jockey Hollow section of the Morristown National Historical Park of northern New Jersey in the United States. Primrose Brook rises near Post House Road in Harding, flowing South South East t ...

, a tributary of the Passaic River * Primrose Day, the anniversary of the death of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli * Primrose League, an organisation founded in 1883 to promote Toryism * Primrose High School, an 11-19 comprehensive school in Leeds, UK * Operation Primrose, the code name later given to the capture of German submarine U-110 * ''Primrose'', a video game for the Nintendo DSi * , several Royal Navy ships * MV Primrose, a freight and passenger ferry * MV Primrose, a Hong Kong freighter grounded on

North Sentinel Island North Sentinel Island is one of the Andaman Islands, an Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal which also includes South Sentinel Island. It is home to the Sentinelese, an indigenous people in voluntary isolation who have defended, often by f ...