Cowslip may refer to: Plants Primula veris, an Old World flowering plant commonly known as cowslip, common cowslip, or cowslip primrose (syn. Primula officinalis), Primula deorum, also known as Rila primrose, Rila cowslip or God's cowslip, alpine flower native to Bulgaria Primula florindae, a flowering plant known as giant cowslip and Tibetan cowslip, native to southeastern Tibet Primula sikkimensis, a flowering plant known as Himalayan cowslip and Sikkim cowslip Caltha palustris, a northern hemisphere flowering plant known as marsh marigold, kingcup and in America sometimes as cowslip Pulmonaria angustifolia, blue cowslip or narrow-leaved lungwort of central/northern Europe Naval ships USCGC Cowslip (WLB-277), a sea going buoy tender USS Cowslip (1863), a United States Navy steamship HMS Cowslip, a Flower-class corvette commissioned 9 August 1941 and scrapped in 1949 Other uses Cowslip (racehorse), a competitor in the 1836 Grand National Cowslip (Watership Down), a rabbit in the novel Watership Down Cowslip (bovine podiatry), a tough plastic shoe used to treat lameness in cattle