Primula jeffreyi

Primula jeffreyi
	In Henry M. Jackson Wilderness
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Primulaceae
Genus:	Primula
Section:	Primula sect. Dodecatheon
Species:	P. jeffreyi
Binomial name
	Primula jeffreyi; (Van Houtte) A.R.Mast & Reveal
Synonyms
	Dodecatheon crenatum Greene ; Dodecatheon dispar A.Nelson ; Dodecatheon exilifolium J.F.Macbr. & Payson ; Dodecatheon glandulosum Eastw. ; Dodecatheon jeffreyanum K.Koch ; Dodecatheon jeffreyi Van Houtte ; Dodecatheon jeffreyi var. odoratum Eastw. ; Dodecatheon jeffreyi subsp. pygmaeum (H.M.Hall) H.J.Thomps. ; Dodecatheon jeffreyi var. typica R.Knuth ; Dodecatheon jeffreyi var. vivaparum (Greene) Abrams ; Dodecatheon meadia var. jeffreyi (Van Houtte) K.Brandegee ; Dodecatheon meadia var. lancifolium A.Gray ; Dodecatheon viviparum Greene ; Meadia jeffreyi (Van Houtte) Kuntze ;

Primula jeffreyi, synonym Dodecatheon jeffreyi,^[1] is a North American species of flowering plant in the primrose family known by the common names Sierra shooting star, Jeffrey's shooting star, and tall mountain shooting star.

Description

It is a thick-rooted perennial with long, slightly wrinkled leaves around the base. It erects slim, tall, hairy stems which are dark in color and are topped with inflorescences of 3 to 18 showy flowers. Each flower nods, with its pointed center aimed at the ground when fresh, and becomes more erect with age. It has four or five reflexed sepals in shades of pink, lavender, or white which lie back against the body of the flower. Each sepal base has a blotch of bright yellow. From the corolla mouth protrude large dark anthers surrounding a threadlike stigma.