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Primula chrysophylla I. B. Balfour & Forrest; P. congestifolia Forrest; P. cycliophylla I. B. Balfour & Farrer; P. dryadifolia Franchet subsp. chrysophylla (I. B. Balfour & Forrest) W. W. Smith & Forrest; P. dryadifolia subsp. congestifolia (Forrest) W. W. Smith & Forrest; P. dryadifolia subsp. cycliophylla (I. B. Balfour & Farrer) W. W. Smith & Forrest; P. mystrophylla I. B. Balfour & Forrest; P. philoresia I. B. Balfour & Kingdon Ward.

Scapes usually longer than leaf rosette. Corolla purplish rose; tube glabrous or scarcely puberulous inside.

Limestone screes; 4000--5500 m. W Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW Yunnan [N Myanmar].