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| THE EVENING-PRIMROSE FAMILY | ||
| These plants are perennial herbs or shrubs common to temperate and subtropical regions. Stems may be present or absent and when absent, all of the leaves are basal. Stem leaves are either alternate or opposite. Flowers can be solitary or in branched or unbranched clusters. The flowers have four sepals and petals and four or eight stamens. The ovary is inferior and is surrounded by a hypanthium. The hypanthium is the result of the fusion of part of the sepals, petals, and stamens.These plants are perennial herbs or shrubs common to temperate and subtropical regions. Stems may be present or absent and when absent, all of the leaves are basal. Stem leaves are either alternate or opposite. Flowers can be solitary or in branched or unbranched clusters. The flowers have four sepals and petals and four or eight stamens. The ovary is inferior and is surrounded by a hypanthium. The hypanthium is the result of the fusion of part of the sepals, petals, and stamens. | ||
| PLATEAU PRIMROSE | ||
| LATIN NAME: Camissonia andina | ||
| WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? | ||
| Plateau primrose is a short-stemmed plant. The stems are largely bare, with most of the leaves concentrated in the inflorescence. The leaves are linear to narrowly spoon-shaped. The flowers are small with yellow petals and a head-like stigma. The fruit is a linear capsule. | ||
| WHERE DOES IT GROW? | ||
| Plateau primrose grows on dry, grassy banks, and in grasslands. | ||
| WHERE IS IT FOUND IN SASKATCHEWAN? | ||
| This species is found in southwestern Saskatchewan in the Mixed Grassland ecoregion. | ||
| WHY IS IT RARE? | ||
| Plateau primrose is endangered in Saskatchewan because it is extremely rare, locally restricted and almost always sparse. Possible threats have been identified for this species. | ||
| HOW TO IDENTIFY PLATEAU PRIMROSE | ||
| * Are most of the leaves in the inflorescence? * Are the flowers small and yellow with the flower parts in fours? * Does the plant have a definite stem? * Did you find it in southwestern Saskatchewan? |
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| If you answered yes to all of these questions, you may have found plateau primrose! | ||
