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Primula austrofrigida
Primula austrofrigida, syn. Dodecatheon austrofrigidum, is a species of flowering plant in the primrose family known by the common names frigid shooting star and tundra shooting star. It is native to Washington and Oregon in the United States, where it grows in the coastal mountain ranges, including those on the Olympic Peninsula.
This plant has a basal clump of leaves with dimensions up to 30 by 7 centimetres (11.8 in × 2.8 in) and smooth to wavy or somewhat toothed edges. The inflorescence is borne on a flowering stalk up to 45 centimetres (18 in) tall. It has one to seven flowers with magenta corolla lobes up to 2 centimetres (0.79 in) long or more which are reflexed away from the flower center. The stamens are maroon or purple and form a protruding tube.
Primula tetrandra · Primula clevelandii · Primula latiloba · Primula frigida · Primula hendersonii · Primula meadia · Primula poetica · Primula fragrans · Bonneville Shootingstar · French's Shootingstar · Sierrra shootingstar · Dark Throat Shootingstar
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Primula austrofrigida 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.
