Primula frigida (Cham. & Schltdl.) A.R.Mast & Reveal
Section Dodecatheon
Link to Flora of North America description
Type specimen: L.C.A. Chamisso, Sinus St. Laurentii, 1816-1817 resides at HAL (specimen HAL 0098445).
Dodecatheon frigidum Cham. & Schltdl.
Dodecatheon meadia var. frigidum (Cham. & Schltdl.) Hook.f.
Epithet: Named for growing in cold regions of the arctic and subarctic.
Distribution: Canada: BC, NWT, Saskatchewan, Yukon. USA: Alaska. Russia: Chukotsk Penninsula.
The northernmost species in section Dodecatheon, it is distinguished by the elongated, usually woody, nearly horizontal caudex. Leaves ovate to oval, base slightly or obviously decurrent to the stem, abruptly tapering to the petiole, margin subentire to crenate-dentate, glabrous or minutely glandular-puberulent. Corolla pink or magenta to lavender (rarely white), tube white, with or without a maroon, thick, wavy ring, filaments distinct or slightly connate, maroon, anthers with pollen sacs usually maroon, connective black, smooth.
