[2] This wildflower is native to the Western United States, in California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.

[1] The plant grows in wet areas in the mountains, such as in the Sierra Nevada and Transverse Ranges.

Primula tetrandra is partially aquatic, sometimes growing along the edges of bogs and in shallow, slow rivulets.

It erects slim, tall stems which are dark in color and are topped with inflorescences of one or more showy flowers.

It has four reflexed sepals in shades of bright pink or lavender which lie back against the body of the flower.