Primula clevelandii, with the common name of Padre's shooting star, is a species of primrose.

[2] Its specific epithet clevelandii honors 19th-century San Diego–based plant collector and lawyer Daniel Cleveland.

[3] Primula clevelandii is spring deciduous, dying back to the ground after the rains cease.

They are nodding flowers each about an inch long on stems up to a foot tall.

This species hybridizes with Primula hendersonii, from which it can be distinguished by its green stem.