PYGMY ANDROSACE 
Androsace subumbellata (A. Nelson) Small 
Pygmy androsace is a tiny member of the Primrose Family, which, 
because of its small size and inconspicuous coloring, easily escapes 
notice. It grows in meadows or on stony alpine slopes. The delicate 
slender stems and white flowets give it a graceful and dainty appear- 
ance quite in contrast to that of the sweet androsace, previously 
pictured. 
Pygmy androsace ranges from New Mexico and Arizona north- 
watd to Alberta and British Columbia. 
The sketch was made from a specimen collected near the head- » 
waters of Johnson Creek, thirty miles by trail from Lake Louise, 
Alberta, Canada, at an altitude of 7,000 feet. 
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