| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Androsace rotundifolia Hardw. sect. Geraniifolia |
| Bibliography | Asiat. Res. 4: 350 (1795) |
| Native Range | e. Afghanistan to w. Tibet and c. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 800-4000m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, orbiculate to reniform, crenate to crenate-lobate, flowers 4-30 in umbels, calyx campanulate, flowers 6-10mm, lobes cuneate-obovate, apex emarginate |
| Size | 5-20cm |
| Color | pink, white |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
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| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Androsace elegans Duby Androsace fragilis Duthie Androsace incisa Wall. Androsace parviflora Jacquem. ex Duby Androsace rotundifolia var. elatior R.Knuth Androsace rotundifolia var. fragilis (Duthie) R.Knuth Androsace rotundifolia ssp. glandulosa (Hook.f.) Y.J.Nasir Androsace rotundifolia var. glandulosa Hook.f. Androsace rotundifolia var. incisa (Wall.) R.Knuth Androsace rotundifolia var. macrocalyx Watt Androsace rotundifolia var. parviflora (Jacquem. ex Duby) R.Knuth Androsace rotundifolia var. pusilla R.Knuth Androsace rotundifolia var. stracheyi Watt Androsace rotundifolia var. thomsonii G.Watt Androsace thomsonii (G.Watt) Y.J.Nasir Primula fragilis (Duthie) K.K.Khanna & An.Kumar Primula paritoshensis Raizada Primula parviflora (Jacquem. ex Duby) Kuntze |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |
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