Primula sinensis

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Primula sinensis RHS.jpeg

| image_caption = Primula sinensis, a hand-coloured engraving from John Lindley's Collectanea botanica (1821) of a plant both named and drawn by Lindley

| genus = Primula

| species = sinensis

| authority = Sabine ex Lindley, Coll. Bot. t. 7. 1821. non Loureiro (1790).[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200017411 Primula sinensis on eFlora.org]

| synonyms = Auganthus praenitens Link
Oscaria chinensis Lilja
Primula mandarina Hoffmannsegg
P. praenitens Ker Gawler
P. semperflorens Loiseleur-Deslongchamps ex Steudel
P. sertulosa Kickx f.
Primulidium sinense (Sabine ex Lindley) Spach.

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Primula sinensis, ({{zh|s=藏报春|p=zàngbàochūn}}) or the Chinese primrose, is a plant species in the genus Primula.

Primulin is an anthocyanin found in P. sinensis.[http://www.biochemj.org/bj/078/0298/0780298.pdf 3. Flavonoids in genotypes of Primula sinensis, J. B. Harborne and H. S. A. Sherratt, Plant Polyphenols, 1960]