Primula parryi

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Primula parryi
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Primula
Species:
P. parryi
Binomial name
Primula parryi

Primula parryi, or Parry's primrose, is a herbaceous perennial native to wet areas from the subalpine zone to alpine tundra in the Rocky Mountains from Montana to Arizona and New Mexico.

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whole plant

Flowers are magenta with yellow eyes. In the high mountains, they bloom in summer; at lower elevations, in late spring. The whole plant has a skunklike smell. Asa Gray named Parry's primrose for Charles Christopher Parry, who discovered it in 1861. Parry had previously named Grays Peak after him.[1]

References

  1. Houk, Rose (1987). Wildflowers of the American West. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 0-87701-424-8.

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