Dodecatheon Pulchellum, Darkthroat Shootingstar
Plants > Wildflowers > Primulaceae > Dodecatheon Pulchellum
Common names:
Darkthroat shootingstar, pretty shootingstar, few-flowered shootingstar
Family:
Scientific name:
Dodecatheon pulchellum
Main flower color:
Range:
The Pacific Northwest, Great Basin and Rocky Mountain states
Height:
Up to 15 inches
Habitat:
Moist, often partly shaded locations; hillsides, forest margins, meadows, over a wide range of elevations
Leaves:
Oblanceolate to spatulate, basal, on stalks; up to 7 inches long
Season:
May to August
The pretty flowers of dodecatheon pulchellum have five pink to lavender lobes projecting backwards from a white or yellow base above a purple ring, while in the other direction, a spike of five fused, dark purple anthers (on yellow filament tubes) and one stigma extends forwards, around a third of an inch long. Flowers form open clusters with between three and 12 heads, usually nodding (pointing downwards).
Leaves grow around the base; the slender, unbranched stems are leafless, and usually hairless, sometimes sparsely glandular-hairy. Leaf blades taper gradually to the stalk. The plant is common across many regions of the West.
Leaves grow around the base; the slender, unbranched stems are leafless, and usually hairless, sometimes sparsely glandular-hairy. Leaf blades taper gradually to the stalk. The plant is common across many regions of the West.
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