| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Primula macrophylla D.Don sect. Nivales |
| Bibliography | Prodr. Fl. Nepal: 80 (1825) |
| Native Range | e. & ne. Afghanistan to Central Asia and Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine: |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 3400-5600m |
| Description | leaves winged petiolate, lanceolate to oblanceolate, 4-25cm, abaxially farinose, entire, umbel 5-15-flowered, flowers ca. 2cm across, lobes suborbiculate to obovate |
| Size | 10-25cm |
| Color | purple, 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 in spring just as young growth commences |
| Synonyms | Aleuritia macrophylla (D.Don) Soják Aleuritia pulverea (Fed.) Soják Primula aitchisonii Pax Primula atroviolacea Jacquem. ex Duby Primula jaeschkeana A.Kern. Primula laeschkeana A.Kern. ex Kolb. Primula macrophylla ssp. aitchisonii (Pax) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula macrophylla var. lineariloba (G.Watt) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula macrophylla ssp. pulverea (Fed.) Halda Primula meeboldii Pax Primula nivalis var. macrophylla (D.Don) Pax & R.Knuth Primula pulverea Fed. Primula pupurea Royle Primula stuartii var. lineariloba G.Watt Primula stuartii var. purpurea (Royle) G.Watt |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |