| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Primula chamaethauma W.W.Sm. sect. Petiolares |
| Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15: 300 (1927) |
| Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet and n. Myanmar |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 4000-5000m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, elliptic to oblong, 2-10cm, glandular, crenate to erose-dentate, obtuse, flowers 5-15 in umbel, flowers 2-3cm across, lobes obovate, deeply incised |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | wine-red |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained 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 (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |