It grows to a height of and is typically broad. The stem, base and leaves are clear green, fleshy and lack the coating that can be seen in some other primroses. The flowers are across and a mild red, rose or purple pink in colour. They give away fragrance and have a slight coating of white particles in the throat. The plant flowers between April and May. Its range is limited to an area of approximately including on the
Trnovo Forest Plateau and in the
Iška River gorge. Within its range the plant grows on north-facing wet
limestone cliffs, ravines and
meadows at an altitude of . It has been a protected species in Slovenia since 1922 and it is consequentially forbidden to pick the flowers.
Primula carniolica is rarely cultivated. File:Primula carniolica.jpg File:Primula carniolica PID1756-1.jpg File:Primula carniolica PID1756-6.jpg File:Primula carniolica PID1756-5.jpg File:Kranjski jeglič (Primula carniolica) v Peklu pri Borovnici 1939.jpg ==References==