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

An alpine meadow at the bank of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998. O. Kosterin