Primula conjugens

Family: Primulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Sierra primrose is a California native perennial found in the high Cascade Range and Modoc Plateau in moist mountain slopes, meadows, and sagebrush scrub at elevations of 1,200 to 1,900 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces magenta to white flowers with corolla lobes 7 to 20 millimeters long. Growing with delicate glabrous stems to 16 centimeters tall, it forms compact clusters in alpine and subalpine environments. Its leaves are linear-oblanceolate to obovate, 3 to 14 centimeters long, tapering smoothly to the base with entire margins. Its distinctive flower structure features anthers in dark maroon to black tones, with filaments either free or slightly fused into a short tube.

Habitat: Moist slopes, meadows, often in sagebrush scrub

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: 1200-1900 m

Bioregions: CaRH, MP

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.