Androsace occidentalis

Taxobox
name = "Androsace occidentalis"

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image_width = 210px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Primulaceae
genus = "Androsace"
species = "A. occidentalis"
binomial = "Androsace occidentalis"
binomial_authority = Pursh
synonyms = "Androsace arizonica"

"Androsace occidentalis" is a species of flowering plant in the primrose family known by the common name western rockjasmine. It is native to much of southern Canada and the central United States, where it occurs in open habitat such as prairie, especially in moist areas. This is a diminutive annual herb reaching a maximum height of about 7 centimeters. It grows from a basal rosette of oblong hairy leaves no more than one or two centimeters long. It produces an erect inflorescence which is an umbel atop a thin, naked peduncle. The umbel is composed of 5 to 10 tiny flowers, each on a pedicel up to 3 centimeters long. The flowers have a white or pinkish five-lobed corolla inside a cup of pointed reddish sepals.

External links

* [http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/plants/wildflwr/species/androcci.htm USGS Species Profile]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ANOC2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.kswildflower.org/details.php?flowerID=254 Kansas Wildflowers]