| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Primula whitei W.W.Sm. sect. Petiolares |
| Bibliography | Rec. Bot. Surv. India 4: 268 (1911) |
| Native Range | se. Tibet to Bhutan and n. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3000-4300m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, elliptic to spathulate, denticulate, obtuse, sparsely farinose, umbel 3-15-flowered, flowers 25-35mm across, lobes broadly obovate, tridentate to crenate |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | blue, pale bluish violet |
| Bloom | spring |
| 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 in spring just as young growth commences |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |