Androsace septentrionalis (Northern Fairy Candelabra)
Primulaceae (Primrose Family)

Foothills, montane, subalpine. Meadows, open woods. Spring, summer.

Linnaeus named this genus and species in 1753.  Intermountain Flora points out that this species has an enormous range, from "Norway and the Alps to the Himalayas and the Pacific shores of Siberia, and in North America ... from Alaska to Greenland, south through most of Canada and in the U.S. to California..., Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico, east to North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Colorado, and Texas".

"Androsace" is an ancient plant name of unknown meaning and "septentrionalis" is Latin for "northern".