Androsace laevigata

Androsace laevigata
Growing in Olympic National Park, Washington
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Androsace
Species:
A. laevigata
Binomial name
Androsace laevigata
(A.Gray) Wendelbo
Synonyms
  • Douglasia laevigata A.Gray
  • Gregoria laevigata (A.Gray) House
  • Primula laevigata (A.Gray) Derganc

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 2,400 metres (8,000 ft) elevation. Its habitat includes cliffs, rocks, and alpine.

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