Primula pauciflora

Primula pauciflora
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Primulaceae
Genus:	Primula
Section:	Primula sect. Dodecatheon
Species:	P. pauciflora
Binomial name
	Primula pauciflora; (Durand) A.R.Mast & Reveal
Synonyms
	According to Plants of the World Online: Dodecatheon meadia var. pauciflorum Durand ; Dodecatheon pauciflorum (Durand) Greene ; Dodecatheon pulchellum subsp. pauciflorum (Durand) Hultén ; Meadia pauciflora (Durand) Kuntze ; According to the Jepson eFlora: Dodecatheon pulchellum (Raf.) Merr. ; Dodecatheon pulchellum subsp. monanthum (Greene ex R.Knuth) H.J.Thomps. ex Munz, ined. ; Dodecatheon pulchellum var. monanthum (Greene) B.Boivin ; Dodecatheon pulchellum var. shoshonense (A.Nelson) Reveal ; Primula pauciflora var. macrocarpa (A.Gray) Mast & Reveal ; Primula pauciflora var. monantha (Greene) Mast & Reveal ; Primula pauciflora var. shoshonensis (A. Nelson) Mast & Reveal ;

Primula pauciflora, the pretty shooting star, few-flowered shooting star, dark throat shooting star or prairie shooting star, is a species of flowering plant in the primula family Primulaceae. It is a widespread and very variable species, native to western North America, from Subarctic America to Mexico, often in xeric (extremely dry) and desert habitats. It is found in the Great Basin Deserts and Mojave Desert. Its synonyms include Dodecatheon pauciflorum and Dodecatheon pulchellum.

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