Primula capitata

Primula capitata, commonly known as the round-headed Himalayan primrose or Asiatic primrose^[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is a short-lived perennial, forming semi-evergreen rosettes of 15 cm (5.9 in) pale green, mealy leaves that are finely toothed, oblong-lance-shaped or inversely lance-shaped, with white-mealy undersides. Its flowers are up to 1 cm (0.39 in) long, dark purple and tubular, with shallowly lobed petals; they are borne in racemes that form flattened spheres, held on white-mealy stems about 40 cm (16 in) high.^[2]

Primula capitata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Primulaceae
Genus:	Primula
Species:	P. capitata
Binomial name
Primula capitata Hook.

Primula capitata is found in moist habitats in alpine areas of Bhutan, Tibet, and Sikkim state in India.^[2] Its putative subspecies Primula capitata subsp. sphaerocephala has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[3]