Primula conjugens
desert shooting star, slimpod shooting star
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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

Flowers: April-June

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees

Description:
General:

Scapose, perennial herbs without rhizomes, the flowering stems 1-3 dm. tall.

Leaves:

Leaves basal, glabrous to puberulent, the blades usually lanceolate to oblanceolate, 3-20 cm. long, narrowed to winged petioles that are somewhat shorter.

Flowers:

Flowers 1-10 in an umbel, terminal on the scape, usually 5-parted on recurved pedicels; calyx with a short tube, the lobes lanceolate, purple-spotted, glabrous, 3-6 mm. long; corolla with a very short tube, the lobes 1-3 cm. long, usually rose-pink to deep orchid, strongly reflexed, the tube yellowish with a purplish-red ring; stamens clustered around the style, opposite the petals, the filaments about 1 mm. long, usually yellow and smooth; anthers 6-8 mm. long, usually deep purple; style single, slightly exceeding the stamens, stigma not enlarged.

Fruits:

Capsule cylindric-ovoid, 8-12 mm. long, with the tip dropping off to release the seeds.

Accepted Name:
Primula conjugens (Greene) A.R. Mast & Reveal

Synonyms & Misapplications:
Dodecatheon conjugens Greene
Dodecatheon conjugens Greene ssp. conjugens
Dodecatheon conjugens Greene ssp. viscidum (Piper) H.J. Thomp.
Dodecatheon conjugens Greene var. beamishiae B. Boivin
Dodecatheon conjugens Greene var. conjugens
Dodecatheon conjugens Greene var. viscidum (Piper) H. Mason ex H. St. John
Dodecatheon viscidum Piper
Primula conjugens (Greene) A.R. Mast & Reveal var. viscida (Piper) A.R. Mast & Reveal
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Primula conjugens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Primula conjugens checklist entry

OregonFlora: Primula conjugens information

E-Flora BC: Primula conjugens atlas page

CalPhotos: Primula conjugens photos

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