| Alpine bells | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Primulaceae |
| Genus: | Primula |
| Species: | P. matthioli |
| Binomial name | |
| Primula matthioli (L.) V.A.Richt. | |
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Primula matthioli, synonym Cortusa matthioli, sometimes called alpine bells,[citation needed] is a flowering plant with a wide distribution in the Palearctic, both in Europe and in temperate Asia, from Siberia in the north to Afghanistan, Pakistan and China in the south.
Many subspecies are recognized. Some have been treated as separate species, particularly in the formerly accepted genus Cortusa.