Pygmyflower Rock Jasmine==Northern Rock Jasmine - Primulaceae (Primrose Family) Androsace septentrionalis
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1/8 inch flower and a bud of the Pygmyflower Rock Jasmine
flower

Flower stems with seed pods beginning to form, 3 August 2008
stems with seed pods beginning to form

 
Photo Details  ©Nicky Davis
Photos taken 3 August 2008, Murdock Mountain, Uinta Mountains, Duchesne County, Utah
N. 40.40.881, W. 110.55.165
Elevation 10,349 feet at base, and  11,207 at the top


Characteristics
The plant has narrow basal leaves about 1 1/2 inches long.  It has leafless flowering stems up to 7 inches tall that carries a cluster of up to twenty-five white flowers at the top.  Each 1/8 inch  flower is on a stalk that can be up to four inches long. 

Other
Click below to see photos of the butterfly that uses this plant as a larva host.
Primrose Blue == Arctic Blue Butterfly== Agriades glandon rustica==Plebejus glandon rustica.


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