Primula are herbaceous or semi-evergreen perennials, forming a basal rosette of simple leaves, with salver-shaped or bell-shaped flowers which may be solitary or carried in an umbel or in whorls on an erect stem.
P.denticulata is an herbaceous perennial to 30cm, with obovate leaves mealy beneath.
Flowers to 18mm in width, pale or deep purple with a yellow eye, borne in dense rounded heads on the erect stems