垂花报春组--Sect. Soldanelloides Pax in Bot. Jahrb. 10: 186. 1889, p. P.; Balf. f. in Journ. Roy. Fort. Soc. 39: 152. 1913; Wendelbo in Arb. Univ. Math. -Nat. Ser. Bergen 1: 39. 1961. -Primula sect. Soldanelloideae Pax in Engl. Pflanzenr. 22 (IV-237): 65. 1905: W. W. Smith et Forr. in Not. Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 16: 40. 192: W. W. smith et Fletcher in Mourn. Linn. Soc. Bot. 52: 321. 1942.

多年生，通常被多细胞柔毛，稀无毛，仅花葶顶端和花萼内面有时被粉。叶丛基部无鳞片;叶片基部渐狭窄，稀为截形，边缘具齿或浅裂。花异型，俯垂，排成头状或穗状花序，稀单生;花萼杯状或钟状;花冠钟状，裂片与筒部几成一直线，喉部无环状附属物。朔果角质，近球形，通常稍短于花萼。

组的模式种:Primula soldanelloides Watt