Burke: Douglasia laevigata

	Douglasia laevigata
	smooth douglasia, cliff dwarf-primrose
Habit	Mat-forming perennial herbs, the stems ascending, dichotomously branched.
Leaves	Leaves in rosettes at the end of the branches, oblong-oblanceolate, 5-20 mm. long and 2-5 mm. broad, usually with a few teeth, glabrous or with hairs on the margins.
Flowers	Flowers in umbels on leafless, stellate-pubescent peduncles 2-7 cm. long; umbels tightly 2- to 10-flowered, the pedicels 2-15 mm. long; subtended by an involucre of 4-8 ovate-lanceolate, acute, 3-8 mm. long bracts; calyx united its length, 6-7 mm. long, the 5 lobes lanceolate, acute; corolla deep pinkish-rose, the tube 6-7 mm. long, the 5 lobes oblong-obovate, rounded, 4-5 mm. long; stamens 5, opposite the corolla lobes, attached above mid-length on the corolla.
Fruits	Capsule opening by 5 valves.

	Douglasia laevigata
Flowering time	March-August
Habitat	Ledges, rocky slopes, moist talus, and ridges, lowland to alpine.
Distribution	Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	D. nivalis
Web links	Local floras: BC, OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Douglasia laevigata

smooth douglasia, cliff dwarf-primrose

Habit

Mat-forming perennial herbs, the stems ascending, dichotomously branched.

Leaves

Leaves in rosettes at the end of the branches, oblong-oblanceolate, 5-20 mm. long and 2-5 mm. broad, usually with a few teeth, glabrous or with hairs on the margins.

Flowers

Flowers in umbels on leafless, stellate-pubescent peduncles 2-7 cm. long;

umbels tightly 2- to 10-flowered, the pedicels 2-15 mm. long; subtended by an involucre of 4-8 ovate-lanceolate, acute, 3-8 mm. long bracts;

calyx united its length, 6-7 mm. long, the 5 lobes lanceolate, acute;

corolla deep pinkish-rose, the tube 6-7 mm. long, the 5 lobes oblong-obovate, rounded, 4-5 mm. long;

stamens 5, opposite the corolla lobes, attached above mid-length on the corolla.

Fruits

Capsule opening by 5 valves.