Androsace septentrionalis

Androsace septentrionalis (pygmyflower rockjasmine, pygmy-flower rock-jasmine, northern rockjasmine,[1] Northern fairy candelabra,[2] Chinese: bei dian di mei[3]) is a species of annual herbaceous plant in the Primrose family (Primulaceae), native to North America,[2] Asia, and Europe.[3] It is a small plant with a rosette of leaves and umbels of small white flowers held on multiple stems.[2] It is parasitized by the oomycete species Peronospora agrorum. [4]

Androsace septentrionalis
Androsace septentrionalis subsp. subumbellata, Kyle Canyon, Spring Mountains, Nevada.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Androsace
Species:
A. septentrionalis
Binomial name
Androsace septentrionalis
Subspecies
  • Androsace septentrionalis L. subsp. septentrionalis
  • Androsace septentrionalis L. subsp. glandulosa (Woot. & Standl.) G.T. Robbins
  • Androsace septentrionalis L. subsp. puberulenta (Rydb.) G.T. Robbins
  • Androsace septentrionalis L. subsp. subulifera (A. Gray) G.T. Robbins
  • Androsace septentrionalis L. subsp. subumbellata (A. Nelson) G.T. Robbins

References
  1. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Androsace septentrionalis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2010-04-15.
  2. TWC Staff (2008-12-17). "NPIN: Androsace septentrionalis (Pygmyflower rockjasmine)". Native Plant Information Network (NPIN). Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
  3. "Androsace septentrionalis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2010-04-15.
  4. Constantinescu, O. (1991). "An annotated list of Peronospora names". Thunbergia. 15.


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