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|accepted_name=Primula mistassinica
|accepted_authority=Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=1: 124. 1803 ,
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|common_names=Mistassini primrose;primevère du lac Mistassini
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
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|name=Primula farinosa subsp. mistassinica
|authority=(Michaux) Pax
|rank=subspecies
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|name=Primula farinosa var. mistassinica
|authority=(Michaux) Pax
|rank=variety
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|name=Primula intercedens
|authority=Wiegand
|rank=species
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|name=Primula maccalliana
|authority=
|rank=species
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|name=Primula mistassinica var. intercedens
|authority=(Fernald) B. Boivin
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Primula mistassinica var. noveboracensis
|authority=Fernald
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Primulaceae;Primula;Primula mistassinica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Primulaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Primula]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Primula mistassinica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 291, 292, 294, 295
|treatment_page=page 293
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>5–15 cm, herbaceous; rhizomes thin, short; rosettes not clumped; vegetative parts usually efarinose, sometimes with traces of farina to strongly yellow-farinose when young. <b>Leaves</b> not aromatic, indistinctly petiolate; petiole narrowly winged; blade without deep reticulate veins abaxially, spatulate to elliptic, 5–7 × 0.2–1.6 cm, thin, margins denticulate to almost entire, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1–5(–10)-flowered; involucral bracts plane, ± equal. <b>Pedicels</b> arcuate, thin, 5–20 mm, length 2–4 times bracts, flexuous. <b>Flowers</b> heterostylous; calyx green, campanulate, 3–5 mm; corolla lavender, tube 5–8 mm, length 1.5–2 times calyx, eglandular, limb 8–14 mm diam., lobes 4–7 mm, apex emarginate. <b>Capsules</b> cylindric to ellipsoid, length 1–1.2 times calyx. <b>Seeds</b> without flanged edges, reticulate. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Open meadows, stream banks, lake shores, and cliff faces on calcareous substrates
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ill.;Iowa;Maine;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.Y.;Vt.;Wis.
|discussion=<p><i>Primula mistassinica</i> is the most widespread of the North American primroses, and one of the more polymorphic. It can vary in size, leaf morphology, and amount of farina; it is generally consistent in overall habit and floral morphology. Infraspecific taxa previously recognized include var. intercedens, a farinose form common around the Great Lakes, and var. novaeboracensis, a form without a prominent yellow eye in the corolla tube. Isolated individuals showing these characteristics appear throughout the range of the species, and an extensive examination of the complex by H. W. Vogelmann (1956, 1960) led him to conclude that it is best treated as a single, highly variable species; recent molecular analyses (A. Guggisberg et al. 2006) support this assessment. Around the Great Lakes, the presence of farina on the leaves is especially variable, and can range from extensive to nonexistent. Consequently, it seems most appropriate to recognize a single polymorphic taxon with no infraspecific designations, unless molecular analysis suggests otherwise. Although smaller forms of <i>P. mistassinica</i> often have been confused with other species in sect. Aleuritia, it is usually distinguishable by its relatively large heterostylous flowers with lavender corollas.</p>
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name=Primula mistassinica
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Primula farinosa subsp. mistassinica;Primula farinosa var. mistassinica;Primula intercedens;Primula maccalliana;Primula mistassinica var. intercedens;Primula mistassinica var. noveboracensis
|basionyms=
|family=Primulaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer.
|habitat=Open meadows, stream banks, lake shores, and cliff faces on calcareous substrates
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.W.T.;N.S.;Nunavut;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ill.;Iowa;Maine;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.Y.;Vt.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Primula
|species=Primula mistassinica
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