Northern Shooting Star (Primula frigida)

Northern Shooting Star, a reference photo — Photo: NPS / Jacob W. Frank: Denali National Park and Preserve · Public domain

Primula frigida, synonym Dodecatheon frigidum, commonly called the western arctic shootingstar, is a plant species found in arctic and subarctic regions in the northwestern part of North America and in Asiatic Russia.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Northern Shooting Star being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Primula austrofrigida
Primula jeffreyi
Primula pauciflora

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
Genus: Primula
Species: Primula frigida

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