| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Primula modesta Bisset & S.Moore sect. Farinosae |
| Synonyms | Aleuritia sachalinensis (Nakai) Soják |
| Primula fauriei Franch. | |
| Primula sachalinensis Nakai | |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 1200-1900m |
| Description | leaves winged petiolate, oblanceolate, 2-13cm, obtuse, denticulate, adaxially green and glabrous, abaxially densely yellow farinose, flowers 1-8 in umbel, corolla 10-15mm |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | pale purple |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | rosette |
| 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 after flowering |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Russian Far East (Kamchatka , Sakhalin ) Eastern Asia (Korea) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | PRIMULACEAE
modesta matsumurae (Petitm.) Takeda, Bot. & Zool. 4: 185 (1936)
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