| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Dionysia afghanica Grey-Wilson |
| Bibliography | Kew Bull. 29: 57 (1974) |
| Native Range | nw. Afghanistan |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 1300-1400m |
| Description | leaves oblanceolate to spathulate, entire, shortly glandular hirsute, flowers solitary, sessile, with dark throat, tube 7-8mm long, petals ovate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | violet |
| Bloom | early spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed when ripe cuttings of rosettes in late spring |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |