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Western rockjasmine

Androsace occidentalis

Also called Western Rock Jasmine, West Rock Jasmine, Western Androsace, Western Fairy Candelabra, Western Pygmyflower

Western rockjasmine
Photo: Jim Pisarowicz, Public domain
Family
Primulaceae (Primul family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Canada to U.S.A. and Mexico (Sonora)
Climate
temperate

About

Androsace occidentalis is a species of flowering plant in the primrose family known by the common name western rockjasmine and western fairy candelabra.

It is native to much of southern central and western Canada, and the midwestern and western United States, from the Great Lakes region south to Texas, and west across the Great Plains to Idaho, Utah, and the Sierra Nevada in California.

Other Androsace plants

Androsace albana · Alpine Rock Jasmine · Mackenzie River Douglasia · Androsace brevis · Androsace delphinensis · Filiform rockjasmine · Swiss Rockjasmine · Androsace lactea · Cliff Douglasia · Pink Rock Jasmine · Androsace lanuginosa · Androsace mathildae

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Androsace occidentalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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