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Taxon:  Primula pauciflora (Greene) A. R. Mast & Reveal



Summary
Genus:
Primula
Subgenus:
Auriculastrum
Section:
Dodecatheon
Family:
Primulaceae
Subfamily:
Primuloideae
Nomen number:
459447
Place of publication:
Brittonia 59:81. 2007
Verified:
06/30/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Primula pauciflora (Greene) A. R. Mast & Reveal var. macrocarpa (A. Gray) A. R. Mast & Reveal (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Dodecatheon pauciflorum Greene

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Dodecatheon pulchellum (Raf.) Merr.
Dodecatheon pulchellum (Raf.) Merr. var. pulchellum
Exinia pulchella Raf.
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Reference(s)
  1. Mast, A. H. & J. L. Reveal. 2007. Transfer of Dodecatheon to Primula (Primulaceae). Brittonia 59:79-82.
Common names
English
pretty shooting-star –
Swedish
liten tolvgudablomma –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNebraskaw.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNorth Dakotaw.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesSouth Dakotaw.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColorado 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesIdaho 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesMontana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesOregon 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWashington 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWyoming 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornian.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtah 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaCanadaNorthwest Territoriess.w.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaCanadaYukon 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaUnited StatesAlaskas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaAlberta 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaBritish Columbia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaManitobas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaSaskatchewan 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Northern America
  • SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Northwest Territories (s.w.), Yukon], United States [Alaska (s.)]
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba (s.), British Columbia]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Nebraska (w.), North Dakota (w.), South Dakota (w.)]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California (n.), Utah]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalfide Dict Gard, as Dodecatheon pulchellum; Eur Gard F, as Dodecatheon pulchellumHuxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=459447. Accessed 29 May 2025.