A cewar ƙamus, saniya ƙaramar shuka ce mai yawan furanni wacce ke cikin dangin primrose. Tsiren yana da furanni masu launin rawaya mai haske, furanni masu kama da kararrawa kuma suna tsiro a cikin dazukan makiyaya da wuraren kiwo. Kalmar “cowslip” ta fito daga Tsohuwar kalmomin Ingilishi “cūslyppe,” wanda ke nufin “takar saniya,” da “slyppe,” wanda ke nufin “slime”. Ana tsammanin wannan sunan yana nufin fifikon shukar don girma a cikin ƙasa mai ɗanɗano, wanda galibi ana samunsa kusa da wuraren da shanu ke kiwo.