Primula minima

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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|image=Primula minima-01-Kaernten-2008-Thomas Huntke.jpg

|image_caption=Flower

|image2=Primula minima Atlas Alpenflora.jpg

|image2_caption=Botanical illustration

|genus=Primula

|species=minima

|authority=L.

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|synonyms={{Collapsible list|

• Aretia minima {{small|(L.) Link}}
• Aretia truncata {{small|Link}}
• Auricula minima {{small|(L.) Spach}}
• Auricula villosa {{small|Spach}}
• Auricula-ursi minima {{small|(L.) Soják}}
• Kablikia minima {{small|(L.) Opiz}}
• Kablikia truncata {{small|(Lehm.) Opiz}}
• Primula minima f. alba {{small|Bercht. & J.Presl}}
• Primula minima f. caulescens {{small|Wimm. & Grab.}}
• Primula minima var. caulescens {{small|Wimm. & Grab.}}
• Primula minima f. fimbriata {{small|Tausch}}
• Primula minima var. multidentata {{small|Sünd.}}
• Primula minima f. subacaulis {{small|Wimm. & Grab.}}
• Primula minima var. subacaulis {{small|Wimm. & Grab.}}
• Primula pseudoforsteri {{small|Dalla Torre & Sarnth.}}
• Primula sauteri {{small|Schultz}}
• Primula truncata {{small|Lehm.}}

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Primula minima, the fairy primrose (a name it shares with Primula malacoides), is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to the eastern Alps, Carpathians, and Balkan mountain ranges.{{cite POWO |id=702276-1 |title=Primula minima L. |access-date=10 July 2023 }} Although it is a high-elevation species, it relies more than expected on seed dispersal than clonal propagation.{{cite journal |title=Microscale variation in alpine grasslands: AFLPs reveal a high level of genotypic diversity in Primula minima (Primulaceae) |year=2007 |last1=Reisch |first1=Christoph |last2=Kellermeier |first2=Jasmin |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=155 |issue=4 |pages=549–556 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00699.x |doi-access=free }} It is occasionally available from commercial suppliers.{{cite web |title=Primula minima (Au) fairy primrose |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/13822/primula-minima-(au)/details |date=2023 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=10 July 2023 |quote=Other common names; snow rosette ... 2 suppliers }}

{{Gallery

|Почтовая марка СССР № 5192. 1981. Цветы украинских Карпат.jpg|On a Soviet postage stamp

|Stamps of Germany (Berlin) 1983, MiNr 705.jpg|On a West Berlin postage stamp

|PrvosenkaNejmensi.jpg|Grouping

|Primula minima 1.JPG|Leaves

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