Androsace laevigata

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| authority = (A.Gray) Wendelbo

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|Douglasia laevigata|A.Gray

|Gregoria laevigata|(A.Gray) House

|Primula laevigata|(A.Gray) Derganc

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Androsace laevigata, synonym Douglasia laevigata, known as the cliff dwarf primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the primrose family, Primulaceae. It is native to the central Pacific coastal mountains of North America (west of the crest of the Cascade Range of British Columbia, Oregon and Washington) below {{Convert|8000|feet|-2|order=flip}} elevation. Its habitat includes cliffs, rocks, and alpine.{{cite web | url= http://www.wildflowersearch.com/search?&PlantName=Douglasia+laevigata | last= Sullivan | first= Steven. K. | date= 2020 | title= Douglasia laevigata | website= Wildflower Search | accessdate= 2020-09-22 }}{{cite web | url= http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Douglasia%20laevigata | editor-last= Klinkenberg | editor-first= Brian | date= 2020 | title= Douglasia laevigata | website= E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. | publisher= Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver | accessdate= 2020-09-22}}{{cite web | url= http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Douglasia%20laevigata | editor-last= Giblin | editor-first= David | date= 2020 | title= Douglasia laevigata | website= WTU Herbarium Image Collection | publisher= Burke Museum, University of Washington | accessdate= 2020-09-22}}

Description

Androsace laevigata is a small mat-forming herbaceous perennial plant about {{Convert|2|-|7|cm|1|abbr=on}} high. The five-lobed flowers are deep pink to rose. Each lobe is {{Convert|4|-|5|mm|1|abbr=on}} mm long.

Taxonomy

Androsace laevigata was first described by Asa Gray in 1880 as Douglasia laevigata. Molecular phylogenetic studies showed that the genus Douglasia is nested within Androsace, and the transfer to Androsace by Wendelbo in 1961 is now accepted.

File:Androsace laevigata 5916.jpg|Flowers

File:Androsace laevigata 2462.jpg|Leaves

References

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{{citation |first1=Sylvia |last1=Kelso |contribution=Douglasia laevigata |contribution-url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250092195 |accessdate=2020-07-05 |name-list-style=amp |editor-last=Flora of North America Editorial Committee |title=Flora of North America (online) |publisher=eFloras.org }}

{{IPNI |mode=cs2 |taxon=Douglasia laevigata |authority=A.Gray |id=83320-2 |accessdate=2019-05-09}}

{{IPNI |mode=cs2 |taxon=Androsace laevigata |authority=(A.Gray) Wendelbo |id=700333-1 |accessdate=2019-05-09}}

{{citation |title=Androsace laevigata (A.Gray) Wendelbo |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700333-1 |accessdate=2020-07-05 }}

{{Citation |last1=Schneeweiss |first1=Gerald M. |last2=Schönswetter |first2=Peter |last3=Kelso |first3=Sylvia |last4=Niklfeld |first4=Harald |date=2004 |title=Complex biogeographic patterns in Androsace (Primulaceae) and related genera: evidence from phylogenetic analyses of nuclear internal transcribed spacer and plastid trnL-F sequences |journal=Systematic Biology |volume=53 |issue=6 |pages=856–876 |doi=10.1080/10635150490522566 |pmid=15764556 |jstor=4135374 |name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }}

{{Citation |last1=Trift |first1=I. |last2=Anderberg |first2=A.A. |last3=Källersjö |first3=M. |date=2002 |title=The monophyly of Primula (Primulaceae) evaluated by analysis of sequences from the chloroplast gene rbcL. |journal=Systematic Botany |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=396–407 |jstor=3093879 |name-list-style=amp }}

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laevigata

Category:Plants described in 1880

Category:Flora of British Columbia

Category:Flora of Oregon

Category:Flora of Washington (state)

Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status