Primulaceae
Northern rock jasmine
Androsace septentrionalis
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Genus
- Androsace
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- رقاقس شمالي
- arz
- رقاقس شمالى
- Belarusian
- Праломнік паўночны
- Bulgarian
- Северен оклоп
- Chinese
- 北点地梅, 北方点地梅, 点地梅, 雪山点地梅, 高原点地梅
- Czech
- Pochybek severní
- English
- Northern rock jasmine, Pygmyflower rockjasmine, Pygmy-flower rock-jasmine
- Estonian
- Harilik nõmmkann
- Finnish
- Ketonukki
- German
- Nördlicher Mannsschild, Nordischer Mannsschild
- hsb
- Sewjerny škitlik
- Korean
- 명천봄맞이
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Smånøkkel
- nv
- Naʼashjéʼiichʼil
- Polish
- Naradka północna
- Russian
- Проломник северный, Грыжная трава, Лапа мужская, Месячная трава, Первомайка, Перелойка, Перелойная трава, Проломник бесстебельный
- Slovak
- Pochybok severný
- Swedish
- Grusviva, Flockarv
- Ukrainian
- Переломник північний
Synonyms
- Amadea diffusa Lunell
- Amadea puberulenta Lunell
- Androsace acaulis hort. ex Duby
- Androsace arguta Greene
- Androsace diffusa Small
- Androsace elongata Richardson
- Androsace glandulosa Wooton & Standl.
- Androsace gormanii Greene
- Androsace lactea Pall.
- Androsace lactiflora Kar. & Kir.
- Androsace linearis Graham
- Androsace multiflora Lam.
- Androsace pinetorum Greene
- Androsace puberulenta Rydb.
- Androsace septentrionalis f. exscapa Wahlenb.
- Androsace septentrionalis f. latifolia Y.H.Huang
- Androsace septentrionalis subsp. glandulosa (Wooton & Standl.) G.T.Robbins
- Androsace septentrionalis subsp. puberulenta (Rydb.) G.T.Robbins
- Androsace septentrionalis subsp. robusta (H.St.John) G.T.Robbins
- Androsace septentrionalis subsp. subulifera (A.Gray) G.T.Robbins
- Androsace septentrionalis subsp. subumbellata (A.Nelson) G.T.Robbins
- Androsace septentrionalis var. diffusa (Small) R.Knuth
- Androsace septentrionalis var. glandulosa (Wooton & Standl.) H.St.John
- Androsace septentrionalis var. gormannii (Greene) Ostenf.
- Androsace septentrionalis var. pinetorum R.Knuth
- Androsace septentrionalis var. puberulenta (Rydb.) R.Knuth
- Androsace septentrionalis var. robusta H.St.John
- Androsace septentrionalis var. septentrionalis
- Androsace septentrionalis var. subintegra A.Nelson ex R.Knuth
- Androsace septentrionalis var. subulifera A.Gray
- Androsace septentrionalis var. subumbellata A.Nelson
- Androsace septentrionalis var. typica R.Knuth
- Androsace subulifera Rydb.
- Androsace subumbellata (A.Nelson) Small
- Douglasia ochotensis subsp. gormanii (Greene) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Primula pinetorum Derganc
- Primula septentrionalis (L.) Kuntze
- Primula septentrionalis var. subulifera Derganc
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.