Primrose family
PRIMULACEAE in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Aegiceras corniculatum River Mangrove Photo: courtesy of Todd Burrows, South Stradbroke Island, November 2010	Anagallis arvensis Scarlet Pimpernel Sydney, October 2006	Anagallis arvensis subspecies foemina Blue Pimpernel Sydney, October 2008	Ardisia crenata (white form) Coralberry Wyee, January 2007
Ardisia elliptica Shoe Button Magnetic Island Photo courtesy of Donald Simpson	Ardisia macrocarpa 'Mystique' Marlberry Wyee, January 2007	Cyclamen Cyclamen Sydney, August 2006	Lysimachia congestiflora Persian Chocolate Sydney, April 2008

Primula hybrids Primulas Sydney, August 2006

Primula malacoides Fairy Primrose Sydney, August 2006

Rapanea howittiana Muttonwood Morwell Park, January 1992

Caterpillars of some Butterflies and Moths in Australia can utilise species in PRIMULACEAE for their foodplant, including:

Nacaduba kurava	Praetaxila segecia	Hypolycaena phorbas	Hypochrysops narcissus	Teia anartoides
Orgyia australis	Collix ghosha	Epyaxa sodaliata	Stenoptilodes taprobanes	Opodiphthera fervida

Macrocyttara expressa

Adoxophyes templana

Oxysemaphora notialis

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Australian butterflies

Australian caterpillars

Australian moths

(updated 20 January 2013)