Burke: Dodecatheon dentatum

	Dodecatheon dentatum
	white shooting star
Habit	Scapose, perennial herbs from short, thick rhizomes, the flowering stems 1.5-4 dm. tall.
Leaves	Leaves basal, glabrous, the blades ovate to oblong, 3-10 cm. long and 2-6 cm. broad, sinuate to dentate, narrowed abruptly to a slender petiole longer than the blade.
Flowers	Flowers 2-12 in an umbel, terminal on the scape, 5-parted on recurved pedicels up to 7 cm. long; sepals lanceolate, 3-4 mm. long; corolla 12-20 mm. long, the lobes creamy-white, the tube yellowish with a reddish-purple ring; stamens clustered around the style, opposite the petals, the filaments less than 1 mm. long, reddish-purple, the anthers 6-7 mm. long, deep red; style single, slightly exceeding the stamens, stigma very slightly enlarged.
Fruits	Capsule cylindric-ovoid, 6-10 mm. long, opening by valves to the tip.

	Dodecatheon dentatum
Flowering time	May-July
Habitat	Streambanks and other wet places at moderate elevations in the mountains
Distribution	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to northern Oregon; also in central Idaho [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	D. alpinum, D. austrofrigidum, D. conjugens, D. hendersonii, D. jeffreyi, D. poeticum, D. pulchellum
Web links	Local floras: BC, OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Dodecatheon dentatum

white shooting star

Habit

Scapose, perennial herbs from short, thick rhizomes, the flowering stems 1.5-4 dm. tall.

Leaves

Leaves basal, glabrous, the blades ovate to oblong, 3-10 cm. long and 2-6 cm. broad, sinuate to dentate, narrowed abruptly to a slender petiole longer than the blade.

Flowers

Flowers 2-12 in an umbel, terminal on the scape, 5-parted on recurved pedicels up to 7 cm. long;

sepals lanceolate, 3-4 mm. long;

corolla 12-20 mm. long, the lobes creamy-white, the tube yellowish with a reddish-purple ring;

stamens clustered around the style, opposite the petals, the filaments less than 1 mm. long, reddish-purple, the anthers 6-7 mm. long, deep red;

style single, slightly exceeding the stamens, stigma very slightly enlarged.

Fruits

Capsule cylindric-ovoid, 6-10 mm. long, opening by valves to the tip.