Primula littledalei Balf.f. & Watt, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh. 9: 179. 1916.
Section Cordifoliae
Link to Flora of China description
Type specimen: Littledale s.n. July and August 1896, Walton s.n. 1904 (Lhasa) resides at KEW (specimen K000750212) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024706).
P. consocia (syn): W.W.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 19: 167. 1936 Type specimen: Kingdon-Ward 11814 resides at British Museum (specimen BM000996936) and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (specimen E00024704).
Epithet: Named for Clement St. George Royds Littledale.
Distribution: S Tibet (Xizang).
In the original description of this species, the flower color was said to be yellow. This is deemed to be an error. Like other members of this section, the plants favor rock cervices and under overhanging rocks in drier areas. P. consocia was discovered further to the south in Tibet, but is the same species. P. littledalei resembles P. rotundifolia but differs by distribution, the flower color (light pink), the leaves which have prominent nerves and mid-rib below radiating palmately and capsule equal or below calyx.
