| Family | GESNERIACEAE |
| Genus species | Primulina swinglei (Merr.) Mich.Möller & A.Weber |
| Bibliography | Taxon 60: 785 (2011) |
| Native Range | s. China to n. Vietnam |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 600-900m |
| Description | acaulescent, leaves petiolate, elliptic to orbiculate 6-19cm, strigose, eglandular, truncate, crenate, acute, cymes 3-8-flowered, peduncles puberulent, corolla 2-4cm |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | bluish, purple |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in spring and late summer; leaf cuttings in summer |
| Synonyms | Chirita laxiflora W.T.Wang Chirita pellegriniana B.L.Burtt Chirita swinglei (Merr.) W.T.Wang Didymocarpus balansae Pellegr. Didymocarpus swinglei Merr. Primulina laxiflora (W.T.Wang) Yin X. Wang |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHS China Southeast) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (VIE Vietnam) |