| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Primula dryadifolia Franch. sect. Dryadifolia |
| Synonyms | Primula chrysophylla Balf.f. & Forrest |
| Primula congestifolia Forrest | |
| Primula cycliophylla Balf.f. & Farrer | |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 4000-5500m |
| Description | leaves in rosette, small, broadly ovate, crenate, abaxially farinose, flowers 2-4, 2cm, with bifid petals and dark eye, pendent, fragrant |
| Size | 1-10cm |
| Color | purplish pink, yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub, cushion |
| 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 |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Indo-China (Myanmar) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | PRIMULACEAE
dryadifolia chlorodryas (W.W.Sm.) Chen & C.M.Hu, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 59(2): 247 (1990)
dryadifolia jonardunii (W.W.Sm.) F.H.Chen & C.M.Hu, ibid.
dryadifolia philoresia (Balf.f. ) Halda, Gen. Primula 301 (1992)
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