Androsace septentrionalis

Pygmyflower

Rowans Ravine Provincial Park
21-May-2000

Note:  Budd's Flora keys genus Androsace as annuals with small flowers and then keys Androsace chamaejasme as perennials with large flowers.

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Septentrionalis Characteristics
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flowers in diffuse umbels, with pedicels over 5 mm long

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bracts below inflorescence lanceolate to awl-shaped

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flowers small

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corolla about the same length as the calyx

 
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Androsace Characteristics
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leaves in a basal rosette 

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flowers in umbels

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flowers white

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sepals and petals not reflexed

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corolla tube mostly shorter than calyx, its throat constricted

 
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Primulaceae Characteristics (except for Glaux which have no corolla)
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plants not twining

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flowers not in heads or spikes

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petals and sepals both present (except for Glaux)

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corolla regular

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petals partially united to form a tube