| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Primula algida Adams sect. Farinosae |
| Bibliography | Beitr. Naturk. 1: 46 (1805) |
| Native Range | ne. & e. Turkey to Siberia and n. Pakistan |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 1600-3600m |
| Description | farinose, leaves oblong-elliptic, 1-6cm long, finely dentate, subsessile, flowers to 2cm across, in 4-9-flowered umbel, petals deeply bilobate, calyx purple |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| Color | pale pink, violet |
| Bloom | late 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 after flowering |
| Synonyms | Aleuritia algida (Adams) Soják Aleuritia ossetica (Kusn.) Soják Primula algida var. albofarinosa Rupr. Primula algida var. armena (K.Koch) Pax Primula algida ssp. caucasica (K.Koch) W.W.Sm. & Forrest Primula algida f. colorata Regel ex Pax Primula auriculata Ledeb. Primula bungeana C.A.Mey. Primula caucasica (K.Koch) K.Koch Primula darialica ssp. ossetica (Kusn.) Halda Primula farinosa var. algida (Adams) Trautv. Primula farinosa var. armena K.Koch Primula farinosa var. caucasica K.Koch Primula farinosa var. longifolia K.Koch Primula hookeri Freyn & Sint. Primula ossetica Kusn. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, YAK Yakutskiya) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |