Primula capitata, commonly known as the round-headed Himalayan primrose or Asiatic primrose[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae.

It is a short-lived perennial, forming semi-evergreen rosettes of 15cm (6 inch) pale green, mealy leaves that are finely toothed, oblong-lance-shaped or inversely lance-shaped, with white-mealy undersides.

Its flowers are up to 1cm (0.5 inch) long, dark purple and tubular, with shallowly lobed petals; they are borne in racemes that form flattened spheres, held on white-mealy stems about 40cm (16 inches) high.

[2] Primula capitata is found in moist habitats in alpine areas of Bhutan, Tibet, and Sikkim state in India.

sphaerocephala has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.