Primula parryi, June 18, 2022
P. parryi, Brooklyn Creek, 10,400’ June 28, 2022
Common & scientific name
Parry’s primrose, Primula parryi
Family
Primrose, Primulaceae
Location
North Halfmoon Trail, 10,600’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
Known for its big, brilliant magenta flowers and stale-perfume-like smell, nothing lights up a high mountain stream like Parry’s primrose. Look for its smaller cousin, P. angustifolia, on drier alpine slopes.
P. parryi, Brooklyn Creek, 10,400’, June 28, 2022