Primrose may refer to:
Botany
- Primula vulgaris, commonly known as the primrose (also called the common primrose or English primrose)
- many other species of the genus Primula
- Primulaceae, a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the primrose family
- 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 on the Alberta/Saskatchewan border
South Africa
- Primrose, Gauteng
- Primrose (House of Assembly of South Africa constituency)
United States
- Primrose, Alaska
- Primrose, Georgia
- Primrose, Iowa
- Primrose, Kentucky
- Primrose, Nebraska
- Primrose, Ohio
- Primrose, Rhode Island
- Primrose, Tarrant County, Texas
- Primrose, Van Zandt County, Texas
- Primrose, Wisconsin, a town
- Primrose (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
People
Families
- Clan Primrose, 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
- Primrose (surname)
First name
- Primrose ("Prim") Everdeen, Katniss's sister in The Hunger Games trilogy
Military warships and civilian freighters
- , several Royal Navy ships
- MV Primrose, a freight and passenger ferry
- MV Primrose, a Hong Kong freighter grounded on North Sentinel Island.
Other
- Primrose (musical), a musical comedy
- Primrose (group), a South Korean pop group
- Primrose Brook, 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
- Primrose (given name), the given name
See also
- Primrose Path (disambiguation)