Biology:Androsace occidentalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Primulaceae |
| Genus: | Androsace |
| Species: | A. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Androsace occidentalis | |
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Androsace arizonica | |
Androsace occidentalis is a species of flowering plant in the primrose family known by the common name western rockjasmine.
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 .
It occurs in open habitat such as prairies and meadows in montane forests, especially in moist areas.
Description
Androsace occidentalis is a diminutive annual herb reaching a maximum height of about 7 centimeters. It grows from a basal rosette of oblong hairy leaves no more than one or two centimeters long.
It produces an erect inflorescence which is an umbel atop a thin, naked peduncle. The umbel is composed of 5 to 10 tiny flowers, each on a pedicel up to 3 centimeters long. The flowers have a white or pinkish five-lobed corolla inside a cup of pointed reddish sepals.
External links
- Calflora Database: Androsace occidentalis (Western rockjasmine)
- USGS NPWRC Herbarium profile of Androsace occidentalis
- Kansas Wildflowers: Western rockjasmine
Wikidata ☰ Q4759530 entry
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