WESTERN ROCK JASMINE
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Androsace occidentalis Pursh
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| Jewell County, Kansas |
| Annual |
| Height: 1-4 inches |
| Family: Primulaceae - Primrose Family |
| Flowering Period: March, April, May |
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| Stems: | | Flowering stalks erect, slender, leafless, rough with star-shaped hairs; often several arched-ascending lateral stalks. | | Leaves: | | In basal rosette, simple, nearly sessile, oblong-lanceolate, to 3/4 inch long, 1/4 inch wide, short stiff-hairy above, glabrous below; margins entire or sometimes minutely toothed above middle; tips rounded. | | Inflorescences: | | Umbels, erect or ascending, 2-10-flowered, terminal; subtending bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, minutely pubescent; tips pointed. | | Flowers: | | On stalks usually less than 1 inch long; calyces persistent, 5-lobed, lobes erect at flowering, sometimes spreading in fruit, tips often reddish; corollas 5-parted, about 1/10 inch wide, shorter than or about equal to calyx, white or pinkish, lobes overlapping; stamens 5. | | Fruits: | | Capsules, rounded, included in calyx tubes; seeds numerous, tiny, black. | | Habitat: | | Dry, open, prairies, hillsides, ravines, and rocky open woods, on sandy or limestone soils. | | Distribution: | | Throughout Kansas. | | Comments: | | Western rock jasmine is diminutive and easily overlooked. It sometimes is used in rock gardens and can be raised from seeds. |
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