Primrose

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

Britain

 * Primrose Hill in London

Canada

 * Primrose Lake on the Alberta/Saskatchewan border

South Africa

 * Primrose, Gauteng

United States

 * Primrose, Alaska
 * Primrose, Georgia
 * 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

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

 * Archibald Primrose (disambiguation), various people
 * Lady Delphi Primrose (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
 * Gilbert E. Primrose (1848–1935), Scottish international footballer
 * John Primrose (disambiguation), 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 (c. 1605–1671), Scottish Roman Catholic priest
 * William Primrose, a violist

First name

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

Military warships and civilian freighters

 * HMS Primrose, 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