Primula nivalis Pall. - a beautiful plant growing along brooks and springs in highlands of Siberia and northern Central Asia.

Alpine headwaters of the rivulet descending from the southerm principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2600 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1998. O. Kosterin