Primulaceae
Joewood Family, Myrsine Family, Primrose Family
Synonyms:
Myrsinaceae [FNA8, JPM2]
Theophrastaceae [FNA8]
Theophrastaceae [FNA8]
7 genera
26 species
3 subspecies and varieties
26 species
3 subspecies and varieties
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Androsace filiformis – slender-stem rock-jasmine
Distribution: Occurring in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; south-central Washington to adjacent north-central Oregon, east to Idaho, Montana, Utah and Colorado; also in northern California.
Habitat: Damp to wet meadows, shores, riparian flats and thickets.
Origin: Native
Flowers: June-July
Growth Duration: Annual
Distribution: Occurring in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; south-central Washington to adjacent north-central Oregon, east to Idaho, Montana, Utah and Colorado; also in northern California.
Habitat: Damp to wet meadows, shores, riparian flats and thickets.
Origin: Native
Flowers: June-July
Growth Duration: Annual
Androsace laevigata – smooth douglasia, cliff dwarf-primrose
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon.
Habitat: Ledges, rocky slopes, moist talus, and ridges, lowland to alpine.
Origin: Native
Flowers: March-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon.
Habitat: Ledges, rocky slopes, moist talus, and ridges, lowland to alpine.
Origin: Native
Flowers: March-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Androsace nivalis – snow douglasia
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington, where endemic to Okanogan, Chelan, Kittitas, and Douglas counties.
Habitat: Sagebrush slopes to alpine ridges and talus, often in serpentine soils.
Origin: Native
Flowers: April-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington, where endemic to Okanogan, Chelan, Kittitas, and Douglas counties.
Habitat: Sagebrush slopes to alpine ridges and talus, often in serpentine soils.
Origin: Native
Flowers: April-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Androsace septentrionalis – northern fairy-candelabra, rock-jasmine
Distribution: Occurring in the North Cascades in Washington; Alaska to California; east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, and east to Newfoundland; circumpolar.
Habitat: Alpine meadows.
Origin: Native
Flowers: May-August
Growth Duration: Annual
Distribution: Occurring in the North Cascades in Washington; Alaska to California; east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, and east to Newfoundland; circumpolar.
Habitat: Alpine meadows.
Origin: Native
Flowers: May-August
Growth Duration: Annual
Cyclamen hederifolium – ivy-leaf cyclamen
Distribution: Occurring west of the Casacdes in lowland western Washington; southwestern British Columbia to the Willamette Valley in Oregon.
Habitat: Disturbed forest edge and lawns, where escaping from cultivation.
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Flowers: September-November
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring west of the Casacdes in lowland western Washington; southwestern British Columbia to the Willamette Valley in Oregon.
Habitat: Disturbed forest edge and lawns, where escaping from cultivation.
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Flowers: September-November
Growth Duration: Perennial
Lysimachia arvensis – scarlet pimpernel
Distribution: Occurring in scattered locations on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across much of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, wastelots, and other disturbed, open areas.
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia
Flowers: May-June
Growth Duration: Annual, Biennial
Distribution: Occurring in scattered locations on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across much of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, wastelots, and other disturbed, open areas.
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia
Flowers: May-June
Growth Duration: Annual, Biennial
Lysimachia ciliata – fringed yellow-loosestrife
Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Riparian zones, wet meadows, marshes, shores, springs, and moist forest.
Origin: Native
Flowers: June-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Riparian zones, wet meadows, marshes, shores, springs, and moist forest.
Origin: Native
Flowers: June-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Lysimachia europaea – arctic starflower, northern starflower
Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Northwest Territories, Sasketchewan, and Idaho; also in Eurasia.
Habitat: Bogs and swamps, low to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Origin: Native
Flowers: May-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Northwest Territories, Sasketchewan, and Idaho; also in Eurasia.
Habitat: Bogs and swamps, low to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Origin: Native
Flowers: May-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Lysimachia hybrida – lance-leaved yellow loosestrife, lowland loosestrife, Mississippi loosestrife, lowland yellow-loosestrife
Origin: Introduced
Origin: Introduced
Lysimachia latifolia – broad-leaved starflower, western starflower
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east to northern Idaho.
Habitat: Prairies, woodlands, and forest openings from low to middle elevations in the mountains.
Origin: Native
Flowers: April-July
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east to northern Idaho.
Habitat: Prairies, woodlands, and forest openings from low to middle elevations in the mountains.
Origin: Native
Flowers: April-July
Growth Duration: Perennial
Lysimachia maritima – sea milkwort
Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascade crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Newfoundland, south in eastern North America to Virginia; circumboreal
Habitat: Coastal tideflats and saline areas.
Origin: Native
Flowers: April-June
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring chiefly west of the Cascade crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Newfoundland, south in eastern North America to Virginia; circumboreal
Habitat: Coastal tideflats and saline areas.
Origin: Native
Flowers: April-June
Growth Duration: Perennial
Lysimachia minima – chaffweed
Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east across much of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Moist ground and vernal pools at low elevations.
Origin: Native
Flowers: May-June
Growth Duration: Annual
Distribution: Occurring chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east across much of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Moist ground and vernal pools at low elevations.
Origin: Native
Flowers: May-June
Growth Duration: Annual
Lysimachia nummularia – creeping-Jenny
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California and Nevada; occurring in central U.S and eastern North America.
Habitat: Moist, disturbed ground along lakes, ponds, roadsides and near gardens.
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia
Flowers: June-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California and Nevada; occurring in central U.S and eastern North America.
Habitat: Moist, disturbed ground along lakes, ponds, roadsides and near gardens.
Origin: Introduced from Eurasia
Flowers: June-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Lysimachia punctata – large yellow-loosestrife
Distribution: Occurring in scattered localities on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to Montana; scattered throughout central and eastern North America.
Habitat: Old fields, roadsides and stream banks.
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Flowers: July-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring in scattered localities on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to Montana; scattered throughout central and eastern North America.
Habitat: Old fields, roadsides and stream banks.
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Flowers: July-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Lysimachia terrestris – swampcandles
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest along the coast in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon and Idaho; native and abundant in central and eastern North America.
Habitat: Cultivated cranberry bogs, and swamps.
Origin: Introduced from eastern North America
Flowers: June-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest along the coast in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon and Idaho; native and abundant in central and eastern North America.
Habitat: Cultivated cranberry bogs, and swamps.
Origin: Introduced from eastern North America
Flowers: June-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Lysimachia thyrsiflora – tufted yellow-loosestrife
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Swamps, lakes and ditches.
Origin: Native
Flowers: May-July
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
Habitat: Swamps, lakes and ditches.
Origin: Native
Flowers: May-July
Growth Duration: Perennial
Lysimachia vulgaris – garden yellow-loosestrife
Distribution: Occurring in scattered localities on both sides of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to Montana; widely distributed in eastern North America.
Habitat: Uncommon garden escape of moist areas, lake and pond margins, and riparian zones.
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Flowers: June-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring in scattered localities on both sides of the Cascades in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to Montana; widely distributed in eastern North America.
Habitat: Uncommon garden escape of moist areas, lake and pond margins, and riparian zones.
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Flowers: June-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Primula austrofrigidum – frigid shooting star, Tillamook
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in southwestern Washington; southwestern Washington to northwestern Oregon.
Habitat: Moist basaltic slopes, cliff faces, in coniferous forests along streams, or in alpine meadows.
Origin: Native
Flowers: April-June
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in southwestern Washington; southwestern Washington to northwestern Oregon.
Habitat: Moist basaltic slopes, cliff faces, in coniferous forests along streams, or in alpine meadows.
Origin: Native
Flowers: April-June
Growth Duration: Perennial
Primula conjugens – desert shooting star, slimpod shooting star
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Alberta and Wyoming.
Habitat: Vernally moist areas in sagebrush to meadows at mid-elevations in the mountains
Origin: Native
Flowers: April-June
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Alberta and Wyoming.
Habitat: Vernally moist areas in sagebrush to meadows at mid-elevations in the mountains
Origin: Native
Flowers: April-June
Growth Duration: Perennial
Primula hendersonii – broad-leaved shooting star, Henderson's shooting star
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California.
Habitat: Woods and prairies, at low elevations in our area.
Origin: Native
Flowers: March-June
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California.
Habitat: Woods and prairies, at low elevations in our area.
Origin: Native
Flowers: March-June
Growth Duration: Perennial
Primula jeffreyi – Jeffrey's shooting star, tall mountain shooting star
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Montana and Wyoming.
Habitat: Wet meadows and stream banks, mid- to high elevations in the mountains.
Origin: Native
Flowers: June-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Montana and Wyoming.
Habitat: Wet meadows and stream banks, mid- to high elevations in the mountains.
Origin: Native
Flowers: June-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Primula latiloba – white shooting star
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to northern Oregon; also in central Idaho
Habitat: Streambanks and other wet places at moderate elevations in the mountains
Origin: Native
Flowers: May-July
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to northern Oregon; also in central Idaho
Habitat: Streambanks and other wet places at moderate elevations in the mountains
Origin: Native
Flowers: May-July
Growth Duration: Perennial
Primula pauciflora – pretty shooting star
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Mexico, east to the Great Plains.
Habitat: Coastal prairies to inland saline swamps and shrub-steppe, sea level to timberline
Origin: Native
Flowers: April-July
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to Mexico, east to the Great Plains.
Habitat: Coastal prairies to inland saline swamps and shrub-steppe, sea level to timberline
Origin: Native
Flowers: April-July
Growth Duration: Perennial
• var. cusickii – Cusick's shooting star, sticky shooting star
• var. macrocarpa – Alaskan shooting star
• var. pauciflora – dark-throated shooting star
Primula poetica – narcissus shooting star, poet's shooting star
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central Washington to northern and northeastern Oregon.
Habitat: Grassy slopes to drier woods, usually where vernally moist, often near seeps or springs along basaltic outcrops.
Origin: Native
Flowers: March-May
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central Washington to northern and northeastern Oregon.
Habitat: Grassy slopes to drier woods, usually where vernally moist, often near seeps or springs along basaltic outcrops.
Origin: Native
Flowers: March-May
Growth Duration: Perennial
Primula tetrandra – alpine shooting star
Distribution: Occurring in and east of the Cascades in south-central Washington; Washington to California, east to Utah and Arizona.
Habitat: Moist to wet areas in the mountains.
Origin: Native
Flowers: June-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring in and east of the Cascades in south-central Washington; Washington to California, east to Utah and Arizona.
Habitat: Moist to wet areas in the mountains.
Origin: Native
Flowers: June-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Samolus parviflorus – water pimpernel
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest along the Lower Columbia River in southwestern Washington; southwestern Washington to adjacent northwestern Oregon, otherwise in California, east across the southern U.S. to eastern North America.
Habitat: Freshwater intertidal zone.
Origin: Native
Flowers: July-September
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest along the Lower Columbia River in southwestern Washington; southwestern Washington to adjacent northwestern Oregon, otherwise in California, east across the southern U.S. to eastern North America.
Habitat: Freshwater intertidal zone.
Origin: Native
Flowers: July-September
Growth Duration: Perennial
