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Photographer: Christopher Noll
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Family Primulaceae
Primula mistassinica Michx.
bird's-eye primrose, Lake Mistassini primrose
Primula: diminutive of primus, referring to early spring flowering of true primrose
mistassinica: of Lake Mistassini
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1"-10" tall forb |
| Flower: | pink to whitish with a yellow "eye", 5-parted, 1/3"-3/4" wide, funnel-shaped, petals 2-lobed, stamens shorter than the petals; inflorescence with 1-10 flowers in an umbel-like cluster on a 10" stalk; blooms May-June |
| Leaf: | basal, underside covered with white to yellow powder; oblong or with a wider, rounded tip and tapering to the base |
| Habitat: | rocks, cliffs, shores; in gravelly, rocky, limy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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