Primula fragrans
Family: Primulaceae · Type: perennial · Native
Fragrant primrose is a California native perennial found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, San Jacinto Mountains, eastern Sierra Nevada, and desert mountains in moist sites at elevations of 2,400 to 3,600 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces magenta to lavender flowers with corolla lobes 15 to 25 millimeters long. Growing with glandular-hairy stems 15 to 60 centimeters tall, it forms dense clusters. Its leaves are 20 to 40 centimeters long with oblanceolate blades that taper to the petiole and remain entire. The flower features distinctive dark maroon to black anthers and an enlarged stigma, creating a striking appearance in alpine and subalpine meadows.
Habitat: Moist sites
Bloom period: Jun-Jul
Elevation: 2400-3600 m
Bioregions: c&s SNH, SnGb, SnBr, SnJt, SNE, DMtns
California counties: Mono, Inyo
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