About Primula suffrutescens A.Gray
Primula suffrutescens is a subshrub that grows from a sturdy anchoring rhizome. It has a matlike growth form, with a thick, woody base covered in the dried remnants of vegetation from previous growing seasons. Green leaves grow in several rosettes on the woody base. These hairless leaves are spoon-shaped, with jagged, toothed tips, and reach up to 3.5 centimetres in length. Inflorescences grow from the rosettes on peduncles that can be up to 12 centimeters tall. The showy inflorescence is an umbel holding several flowers. Each flower has a tubular yellow throat, a flat magenta corolla, and five jagged or notch-tipped lobes. This species produces fruit in the form of a capsule. Primula suffrutescens is endemic to California. It grows in the high mountains of the Sierra Nevada and Klamath Ranges, where it occupies rock cracks, and blooms during July and August.
