This small plant is a few centimeters tall, growing from a short rhizome. The thick, hairless leaves are linear or somewhat lance-shaped, 1 to 6 centimeters long and no more than half a centimeter wide with rounded tips. The delicate, showy flower has a bell-shaped calyx of green sepals. The corolla is reddish or bluish purple with a yellow center.Primula capillaris. Flora of North America. Blooming occurs in July and August.
