| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Primula eximia Greene sect. Nivales |
| Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 251 (1897) |
| Native Range | Russian Far East to Subarctic America |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, obscurely petiolate, 3-5cm long, obscurely serrate, scapes glabrous, inflorescence few flowered, farinose, flowers large, 15-17mm across |
| Size | 7-10cm |
| Color | violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering |
| Synonyms | Aleuritia arctica (E.A.Busch) Soják Aleuritia eximia (Greene) Soják Primula arctica Koidz. Primula macounii Greene Primula nivalis var. pumila Ledeb. Primula pumila (Ledeb.) Pax Primula pumila var. arctica E.A.Busch Primula tschuktschorum var. arctica (E.A.Busch) Fernald Primula tschuktschorum ssp. arctica (E.A.Busch) Á.Löve & D.Löve Primula tschuktschorum ssp cairnesiana A.E.Porsild Primula tschuktschorum ssp. eximia (Greene) A.E.Porsild Primula tschuktschorum var. pumila (Ledeb.) Fernald |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |