Species Details

Primula pauciflora

beautiful shootingstar

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Classification

Scientific Name: Primula pauciflora (Greene) Mast & Reveal
Common Name: beautiful shootingstar
Family:	Primulaceae
Element Code:	PDPRI030D0
USDA Plants Symbol:
Synonyms/Other Names: Dodecatheon pulchellum (Raf.) Merr.

Conservation Status

CA Rare Plant Rank:	4.2
Fed List:	None
State List:	None
Global Rank:	G5
State Rank:	S3
Other Status:
CRPR Changes:
Add Date:	2001-01-01
Date Edited:	2022-05-11

Ecology and Life History

Lifeform: perennial herb
Blooming Period: Apr-Jun
Elevation: 1000 - 2380 meters 3280 - 7810 feet
General Habitat: Great Basin scrub Meadows and seeps Pinyon and juniper woodland
General Micro Habitat:
Micro Habitat: Mesic

Notes

Notes: Possibly threatened by grazing and trampling. See Journal of Arnold Arboretum 29:212 (1948) for alternative nomenclature, and Brittonia 59(1):79-82 (2007) for revised nomenclature.
Threats:
Taxonomy:
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Occurrence Data from the CNDDB

Element Occurrence Ranks:
Total Occurrences:					0
A	B	C	D	X	U
0	0	0	0	0	0

Occurrence Status:
Historical >20 Years	0
Recent <=20 Years	0

Presence:
Presumed Extant	0
Possibly Extirpated	0
Presumed Extirpated	0

Location

California Endemic:

California Island:

States: Name (Code)
Alaska (AK), Arizona (AZ), California (CA), Colorado (CO), Idaho (ID), Montana (MT), Nebraska (NE), Nevada (NV), New Mexico (NM), North Dakota (ND), Oregon (OR), South Dakota (SD), Utah (UT), Washington (WA), Wisconsin (WI), Wyoming (WY)

California Counties and Islands: Name (Code)
Del Norte (DNT), El Dorado (ELD), Inyo (INY), Lassen (LAS), Modoc (MOD), Mono (MNO), Nevada (NEV)

Quads: Name (Quad Code)
Beaver Mtn. (4112086), Bogard Buttes (4012152), Camino (3812066), Chidago Canyon (3711854), Crescent City (4112472), Fiddletown (3812057), Fish Slough (3711844), Hobart Mills (3912042), June Lake (3711971), Last Chance Mtn. (3711736), Mt. Bidwell (4112082), Mt. Thompson (3711825), Pease Flat (4112085), Poison Lake (4012162), Red Cinder (4012142), River Spring (3711885), Shingle Springs (3812068), Watterson Canyon (3711866), Willow Ranch (4112083)

Notes:

Definitions of codes following a county and/or quad:
*		Presumed extirpated
(?)		Occurrence confirmed, but possibly extirpated
Quad and county data is imported from the CNDDB. Species may be present in other areas where conditions are favorable. These data should NOT be substituted for pre-project review or for on-site surveys.

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