About Primula egaliksensis Wormsk. ex Hornem.
Primula egaliksensis Wormsk. ex Hornem. grows 5 to 15 cm (2.0 to 5.9 in) tall, and has a thin stem. Its basal leaves are thin, irregularly ellipsoid in shape, with smooth edges, and are never starchy. It produces fronds that are the same length as its stem. Its flowers are bluish in color; the species blooms from May to June, blooming earlier in Iceland, over its six-week growing season. This species has a widespread distribution across multiple regions. It occurs in Greenland, at Tunugdliarfik Fjord, Igaliku, and Itvineq and Ilualiafik in Nuup Kangerlua. It is found in every province and territory of Canada except Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. In the United States, it occurs in Alaska, Colorado, and Wyoming, and it also grows in northeastern Russia. In Iceland, this species has only been found at one location: Stóru-Hamundarstaðir in Eyjafjörður. It has been a protected species in Iceland since 1978, but it is now considered extinct within the country. Primula egaliksensis, commonly called the Greenland primrose, prefers to grow in humid meadows, areas near streams, moist coastal locations, and peat bogs.
