| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Primula cortusoides L. sect. Cortusoides |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 144 (1753) |
| Native Range | e. European Russia to Central Asia and Mongolia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Description | leaves ovate to oblong, at base cordate, 5-15cm long, crenate lobate and dentate, hirsute, flowers 2-15, 2cm across, in compact umbel, petals bifid |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | reddish violet |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | ind |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering |
| Synonyms | Aleuritia cortusoides (L.) Spach Androsace primuloides Moench Auganthus cortusoides (L.) Soják Primula dentata Donn ex Roem. & Schult. Primula dentiflora Andrews Oscaria cortusoides (L.) Lilja |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 37 Mongolia |