| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Primula bella Franch. sect. Minutissimae |
| Synonyms | Primula bonatiana Petitm. |
| Primula cyclostegia Hand.-Mazz. | |
| Primula nanobella Balf.f. & Forrest | |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3700-4800m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, obovate, 3-7cm, abaxially yellow farinose, deeply incised into lanceolate to ovate segments, flowers 1-2, 20-25mm across, in throat with tuft of white hairs |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | purple, rose, violet |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | rosette, carpet |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in spring just as young growth commences |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya ) Indo-China (Myanmar) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | PRIMULACEAE
bella moschophora (Balf.f. & Forrest) S.K.Basak & Maiti, Gen. Primula India 466 (2014)
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