- Family:
- Primulaceae Batsch ex Borkh.
- Genus:
- Androsace L.
Androsace maxima L.

[FIQ]
Ghazanfar, S. A. & Edmondson, J. R (Eds). (2014) Flora of Iraq, Volume 5 Part 2: Lythraceae to Campanulaceae.
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herb 2–15 cm high
- Morphology Stem
- Stems stiffly erect, solitary or up to 8, pilose
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves rosulate, broadly to narrowly ovate, 5–35 × 2–20 mm, ± pilose, sessile or stoutly petiolate, base cuneate, apex cute or obtuse, margins denticulate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts
- Bracts leafy, about as long as pedicels or longer, obovate, denticulate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers in umbels of up to 10
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Pedicel
- Pedicels 5–10 mm, pilose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx urceolate-campanulate, 5–7 mm, accrescent, lobed to about middle; lobes ovate-deltoid to lanceolate, 4–5 mm, acute, denticulate, pilose
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Corolla white or pink, annulate; tube ± 4 mm, lobes ± 1mm
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule ± 4 mm in diameter
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds numerous, angular, ± 1.5 mm long.
- Ecology
- Open hillside, stony and gravelly slopes, open Poa bulbosa steppe, edges of cultivated fields, on loamy soils; alt. 100–1450 m
- Phenology
- Mar.- April.
- Distribution
- Caucasus, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iran. Common and widespread in Iraq.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Chita, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Mongolia, Morocco, North Caucasus, Palestine, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South European Russi, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
New York
Androsace maxima L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 141 (1753)
Accepted by
- Chukavina, A.P. (ed.) (1984). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 7: 1-562. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
- Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1978). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 6: 1-825. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Ghazanfar, S.A. & Edmondson, J.R. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Iraq 5(2): 1-349. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
- Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
- Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
- Malyschev, L.I. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Siberia 11: 1-310. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Mateos, M.A. & Valdés, B. (2009). Catálogo de la flora vascular del Rif occidental calizo (N de Marruecos). I Selaginellaceae - Rosaceae. Lagascalia 29: 105-257.
- Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
- Nowak, A. & Nobis, M. (eds.) (2020). Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas 2: 367-766. PAN, Polish academy of sciences.
- Sennikov, A.N. (ed.) (2017). Flora of Uzbekistan 2: 1-200. Navro'z Publishers, Toshkent.
- Wendelbo, P. (1965). Flora Iranica 9: 1-37. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
Literature
Flora of Iraq
- Blakelock, Kew Bull. 4: 519 (1950);
- Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 18 (1875);
- Linnaeus Sp. Pl. : 141 (1753);
- Post, Fl. Syria, Pal. & Sinai ed. 2, 2: 180 (1933);
- Wendelbo in Rech. f., Fl. Iranica 9: 30 (1965).
- Zohary in Dep. Agr. Iraq Bull. 31: 114 (1950);
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Chukavina, A.P. (ed.) (1984). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 7: 1-562. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
- Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1978). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 6: 1-825. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
- Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
- Malyschev, L.I. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Siberia 11: 1-310. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
- Schischkin, B.K. & al. (eds.) (1954). Flora Turkmenii 6: 1-402. Turkmenskoe gosudarstvennoe izd., Ashkhabad.
- Vvedensky, A.I. (ed.) (1961). Flora Uzbekistana 5: 1-667. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (1996). Flora of China 15: 1-387. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
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