| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Androsace selago Hook.f. & Thomson ex Klatt |
| Bibliography | Linnaea 32: 292 (1864) |
| Native Range | s. Tibet to e. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3600-5000m |
| Description | leaves imbricate, sessile, linear to cuneate-obovate, 2-3mm, glabrous, acute, flowers 1-2, sessile, 2-3mm across, lobes obovate-oblong, obtuse |
| Size | 1-2cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| 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 cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Primula selago (Hook.f. & Thomson ex Klatt) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) |