Androsace chamaejasme Wulfen
sweet-flowered fairy-candelabra
Primulaceae
Introduction to Vascular Plants
sweet-flowered fairy-candelabra
Primulaceae
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Species Information
General:
Plants perennial, loosely mat-forming, from a branched caudex.
Leaves:
Leaves in multiple dense basal rosettes, strap-shaped to oblong, margins ciliate, surfaces usually grey soft-hairy with simple hairs (rarely glabrescent), 3-15 mm.
Flowers:
Inflorescences of 2-8 flowers; involucral bracts lanceolate to ovate. Flowers short-stalked; corollas salverform, white to pink-tinged with a yellow throat (throat turning pinkish with age), 4-8 mm wide; calyces broadly campanulate to subglobose, sometimes slightly keeled, long-hairy, lobes ovate-lanceolate 2-5 (8) mm; pedicels erect, 0.5-1.5 mm long, shorter than the calyces. Flowering Jun-Aug.
Fruits:
Capsules globose or subglobose, about equalling the calyx, 5-valvate.
Stems:
Stems prostrate. Scapes solitary, sparsely to densely hairy with long, soft, shaggy hairs, 2-10 cm tall.
Source: The Vascular Flora of British Columbia, draft 2014.
Author: Jamie Fenneman
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Androsace chamaejasme
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1774 | 1520 | 2233 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
8 | 4 | 14 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
144 | 44 | 204 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 2 | 4 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
3 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BAFA | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BAFA(2), ESSF(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Mesic to dry, calcareous meadows, gravelly areas, rocky slopes, heath, and tundra in the subalpine and alpine zones. Rare in n and se BC (Rocky Mts.); AK east to NU, south to NM; Eurasia.Source: The Vascular Flora of British Columbia, draft 2014.
Author: Jamie Fenneman