Primula cusickiana

Primula cusickiana
var. cusickiana
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Primulaceae
Genus:	Primula
Species:	P. cusickiana
Binomial name
Primula cusickiana A.Gray

Primula cusickiana is a species of flowering plant in the primrose family known by the common name Cusick's primrose. It is native to the western United States in and around the Great Basin. Its distribution extends into Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah.

There are four varieties of this species: ^[1]

• P. c. var. cusickiana occurs in Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada
• P. c. var. domensis, House Range primrose, is endemic to Utah.
• P. c. var. maguirei (syn. Primula maguirei), Maguire's primrose, is a federally listed threatened species known only from one canyon in Cache County, Utah. ^{[2] [3]}
• P. c. var. nevadensis, Nevada primrose, is endemic to Nevada.

References

1. Primula cusickiana. Flora of North America.
2. Primula maguirei. Archived 2011-10-26 at the Wayback Machine Center for Plant Conservation.
3. Primula maguirei. The Nature Conservancy.

External links

• USDA Plants Profile