Burke: Dodecatheon dentatum vs. Dodecatheon conjugens

	Dodecatheon dentatum	Dodecatheon conjugens
	white shooting star	Bonneville shooting star, slimpod shooting star
Habit	Scapose, perennial herbs from short, thick rhizomes, the flowering stems 1.5-4 dm. tall.	Scapose, perennial herbs without rhizomes, the flowering stems 1-3 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.	Leaves basal, glabrous to puberulent, the blades usually lanceolate to oblanceolate, 3-20 cm. long, narrowed to winged petioles that are somewhat shorter.
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.	Flowers 1-10 in an umbel, terminal on the scape, usually 5-parted on recurved pedicels; calyx with a short tube, the lobes lanceolate, purple-spotted, glabrous, 3-6 mm. long; corolla with a very short tube, the lobes 1-3 cm. long, usually rose-pink to deep orchid, strongly reflexed, the tube yellowish with a purplish-red ring; stamens clustered around the style, opposite the petals, the filaments about 1 mm. long, usually yellow and smooth; anthers 6-8 mm. long, usually deep purple; style single, slightly exceeding the stamens, stigma not enlarged.
Fruits	Capsule cylindric-ovoid, 6-10 mm. long, opening by valves to the tip.	Capsule cylindric-ovoid, 8-12 mm. long, with the tip dropping off to release the seeds.

	Dodecatheon dentatum	Dodecatheon conjugens
Flowering time	May-July	April-June
Habitat	Streambanks and other wet places at moderate elevations in the mountains	Vernally moist areas in sagebrush to meadows at mid-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]	Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Alberta and Wyoming. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	D. alpinum, D. austrofrigidum, D. conjugens, D. hendersonii, D. jeffreyi, D. poeticum, D. pulchellum	D. alpinum, D. austrofrigidum, D. dentatum, 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	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, 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

Dodecatheon conjugens

white shooting star

Bonneville shooting star, slimpod shooting star

Habit

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

Scapose, perennial herbs without rhizomes, the flowering stems 1-3 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.

Leaves basal, glabrous to puberulent, the blades usually lanceolate to oblanceolate, 3-20 cm. long, narrowed to winged petioles that are somewhat shorter.

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.

Flowers 1-10 in an umbel, terminal on the scape, usually 5-parted on recurved pedicels;

calyx with a short tube, the lobes lanceolate, purple-spotted, glabrous, 3-6 mm. long;

corolla with a very short tube, the lobes 1-3 cm. long, usually rose-pink to deep orchid, strongly reflexed, the tube yellowish with a purplish-red ring;

stamens clustered around the style, opposite the petals, the filaments about 1 mm. long, usually yellow and smooth;

anthers 6-8 mm. long, usually deep purple;

style single, slightly exceeding the stamens, stigma not enlarged.

Fruits

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

Capsule cylindric-ovoid, 8-12 mm. long, with the tip dropping off to release the seeds.