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Primula borealis, also known as the Northern primrose or slender primrose, is a species of flowering plant within the genus Primula and family Primulaceae. [1] The species is a halophyte , inhabiting coastal saline habitats within subalpine and subarctic regions.
Primula is a complex and varied genus, with a range of habitats from alpine slopes to boggy meadows. Plants bloom mostly during the spring, with flowers often appearing in spherical umbels on stout stems arising from basal rosettes of leaves; their flowers can be purple, yellow, red, pink, blue, or white.
Primula latiloba is an herbaceous perennial growing to 40–50 cm (16–20 in) in height.. This species has toothed (dentate) leaves, hence one of its common names. [3] The leaves have pointed oval blades up to 10 cm long by 6 cm wide with wavy or toothed edges.
Primula meadia (syn. Dodecatheon meadia), known by the common names shooting star, eastern shooting star, American cowslip, roosterheads, and prairie pointers [3] [4] is a species of flowering plant in the primrose family Primulaceae.
The following species in the flowering plant genus Primula, often called primroses and cowslips, are accepted by Plants of the World Online. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Over 25 books have been written on the genus. [ 3 ]
Primula pauciflora, the pretty shooting star, few-flowered shooting star, dark throat shooting star or prairie shooting star, is a species of flowering plant in the primula family Primulaceae. It is a widespread and very variable species, native to western North America, from Subarctic America to Mexico , [ 1 ] [ 3 ] often in xeric (extremely ...
Primula wollastonii is primarily distributed within the Himalayan region of Asia, specifically native to Nepal and Tibet. [1] The species inhabits the subalpine and subarctic zone, [ 1 ] where it can be found growing on alpine meadows, cliff faces and steep earth slopes.
Primula jeffreyi (Dodecatheon jeffreyi) (Henry M. Jackson Wilderness, Washington). Carl Linnaeus created the genus Dodecatheon in Species Plantarum in 1753. [7] Dodecatheon could be distinguished by its buzz-pollinated flowers, with reflexed petals and projecting styles and anthers.