Species
Primula hendersonii (Henderson's shooting star)
Primula hendersonii. Photo: (c) Tom Hilton, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Primula hendersonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to western North America, from California north to southern British Columbia and Idaho. Common names include broad-leaved shooting star, Henderson’s shooting star, mosquito bills, and sailor caps.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Order: Ericales (Heathers, balsams, primroses, and allies)
- Family: Primulaceae (Primroses)
- Subfamily: Primuloideae
- Tribe: Primuleae
- Genus: Primula (Primroses)
- Subgenus: Auriculastrum
- Section: Dodecatheon (Shooting stars)
- Species: Primula hendersonii (Henderson's shooting star)
- Section: Dodecatheon (Shooting stars)
- Subgenus: Auriculastrum
- Genus: Primula (Primroses)
- Tribe: Primuleae
- Subfamily: Primuloideae
- Family: Primulaceae (Primroses)
- Order: Ericales (Heathers, balsams, primroses, and allies)
- Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
- Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
- Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
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