| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Androsace americana Wendelbo |
| Bibliography | Aarbok Univ. Bergen, Mat.-Naturvidensk. Ser. 19: 27 (1961) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America |
| Primary Biome | Subarctic |
| Habitat | tundra |
| Description | leaves reddish, imbricate, thin, linear to linear-lanceolate, 3-10mm long, entire, shortly ciliate, glabrous, flowers solitary, 5-7mm across, calyx glabrous, |
| Size | 2-4cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Douglasia arctica Hook. Douglasia nivalis var. glabra Duby Gregoria arctica (Hook.) House Primula arctica (Hook.) Kuntze Primula linearis Kuntze |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) |