Androsace
androsace, fairy-candelabra, rock-jasmine
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smooth douglasia (Androsace laevigata)
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon.
Habitat: Ledges, rocky slopes, moist talus, and ridges, lowland to alpine.
Origin: Native
Flowers: March-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon.
Habitat: Ledges, rocky slopes, moist talus, and ridges, lowland to alpine.
Origin: Native
Flowers: March-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
snow douglasia (Androsace nivalis)
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington, where endemic to Okanogan, Chelan, Kittitas, and Douglas counties.
Habitat: Sagebrush slopes to alpine ridges and talus, often in serpentine soils.
Origin: Native
Flowers: April-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington, where endemic to Okanogan, Chelan, Kittitas, and Douglas counties.
Habitat: Sagebrush slopes to alpine ridges and talus, often in serpentine soils.
Origin: Native
Flowers: April-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
cliff dwarf-primrose (Androsace laevigata)
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon.
Habitat: Ledges, rocky slopes, moist talus, and ridges, lowland to alpine.
Origin: Native
Flowers: March-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
Distribution: Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon.
Habitat: Ledges, rocky slopes, moist talus, and ridges, lowland to alpine.
Origin: Native
Flowers: March-August
Growth Duration: Perennial
northern fairy-candelabra (Androsace septentrionalis)
Distribution: Occurring in the North Cascades in Washington; Alaska to California; east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, and east to Newfoundland; circumpolar.
Habitat: Alpine meadows.
Origin: Native
Flowers: May-August
Growth Duration: Annual
Distribution: Occurring in the North Cascades in Washington; Alaska to California; east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, and east to Newfoundland; circumpolar.
Habitat: Alpine meadows.
Origin: Native
Flowers: May-August
Growth Duration: Annual
rock-jasmine (Androsace septentrionalis)
Distribution: Occurring in the North Cascades in Washington; Alaska to California; east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, and east to Newfoundland; circumpolar.
Habitat: Alpine meadows.
Origin: Native
Flowers: May-August
Growth Duration: Annual
Distribution: Occurring in the North Cascades in Washington; Alaska to California; east to the Rocky Mountains, northern Great Plains, and east to Newfoundland; circumpolar.
Habitat: Alpine meadows.
Origin: Native
Flowers: May-August
Growth Duration: Annual
slender-stem rock-jasmine (Androsace filiformis)
Distribution: Occurring in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; south-central Washington to adjacent north-central Oregon, east to Idaho, Montana, Utah and Colorado; also in northern California.
Habitat: Damp to wet meadows, shores, riparian flats and thickets.
Origin: Native
Flowers: June-July
Growth Duration: Annual
Distribution: Occurring in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; south-central Washington to adjacent north-central Oregon, east to Idaho, Montana, Utah and Colorado; also in northern California.
Habitat: Damp to wet meadows, shores, riparian flats and thickets.
Origin: Native
Flowers: June-July
Growth Duration: Annual
