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Dodecatheon hendersonii

broad-leaved shooting star, Henderson's shooting star

Habit Scapose, perennial herbs without rhizomes but with numerous bulblets on the roots, the flowering stems 1-3 dm. tall,
Leaves

Leaves basal, usually glabrous, the blades ovate to deltoid-elliptic, usually entire, narrowed abruptly to petioles + as long to nearly as long.

Flowers

Flowers 2-15 in an umbel, terminal on the scape, 4- or 5-parted;

calyx purple-flecked, with lanceolate lobes 6-8 mm. long;

corolla 15-25 mm. long, the lobes deep magenta to light orchid, grading to yellow at the base and on the tube, the base of the tube reddish-purple;

stamens clustered around the style, opposite the petals, the filaments united to form a tube 2-4 mm. long, deep reddish-purple;

anthers 4-6 mm. long, deep red to purple;

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

Fruits

Capsule cylindric-ovoid, 7-12 mm. long, with the tip dropping off to release the seeds.

Dodecatheon hendersonii

Dodecatheon frigidum

Flowering time March-June
Habitat Woods and prairies, at low elevations in our area.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
D. alpinum, D. austrofrigidum, D. conjugens, D. dentatum, D. jeffreyi, D. poeticum, D. pulchellum
D. alpinum, D. austrofrigidum, D. conjugens, D. dentatum, D. hendersonii, D. jeffreyi, D. poeticum, D. pulchellum
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