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Padre's Shooting Star
Primula clevelandii
Primula clevelandii, with the common name of Padre's shooting star, is a species of primrose.
Its specific epithet clevelandii honors 19th-century San Diego–based plant collector and lawyer Daniel Cleveland.
From the article Primula clevelandii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Primula clevelandii is spring deciduous, dying back to the ground after the rains cease. It has basal clumps of leaves up to 40 centimetres (16 in) long. The flowers are magenta to deep lavender to white. They are nodding flowers each about an inch long on stems up to a foot tall. This species hybridizes with Primula hendersonii, from which it can be distinguished by its green stem.
Range & habitat
The plant is native to California and Baja California. It is generally found in open grassland areas.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Primula clevelandii in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 486971.