Dodecatheon clevelandii
Dodecatheon clevelandii var. patulum
padre's shootingstar
padre's shootingstar, valley shootingstar
not obvious at anthesis;
roots tannish;
bulblets absent.
(1–)3–18(–20) × 0.5–4(–5) cm;
petiole usually slender;
blade oblanceolate to spatulate, base usually not decurrent onto stem, narrowing abruptly to petiole, margins usually entire, rarely finely denticulate, surfaces usually glabrous, sometimes with sessile glands.
(1–)5–18-flowered;
bracts usually narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, rarely oblanceolate, 3–22 mm, usually glandular, sometimes glabrous.
1–10(–18)-flowered.
2–5 cm, sparsely to moderately glandular-puberulent.
calyx light greenish, 5.5–8.5 mm, glandular-pubescent abaxially, tube 1.5–2.5 mm, lobes 5, 3–6 mm;
corolla tube yellow with dark maroon, thick, often wavy ring, lobes 5, magenta or white, 6–25(–30) mm;
filaments connate, tube yellow or dark maroon to black, 2.5–4 × 3–4 mm;
anthers 3–5 mm;
pollen sacs yellow or dark purple, connective yellow or maroon to black, transversely rugose;
stigma not enlarged compared to style.
filament tube with yellow or white spot proximal to each anther;
pollen sacs usually dark purple;
connective maroon to black.
yellowish or reddish tan, often suffused with purple, valvate or operculate, cylindric-ovoid, 8–16 × 4–7 mm, glabrous or glandular-puberulent;
walls thin, pliable.
without membrane along edges.
= 44, 66, 88.
= 44, 88.
Dodecatheon clevelandii
Dodecatheon clevelandii var. patulum
Varieties 4 (4 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Of conservation concern.
Variety patulum is found mainly in central and northern California in the Central Valley, on the inner coastal ranges, and on the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It is disjunct to the Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County. It and the hansenii phase of Dodecatheon hendersonii can be difficult to differentiate in the northern Sierra Nevada. Usually, the anthers of var. patulum are much shorter than those of D. hendersonii. Furthermore, the connective of var. patulum tends to be broadly triangular and heavily rugose; that of D. hendersonii is narrower, longer, and decidedly less rugose.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Connectives yellow; filament tubes without yellow or white spot proximal to each anther. | var. clevelandii |
1. Connectives maroon to black; filament tubes with or without yellow or white spot proximal to each anther | → 2 |
2. Filament tubes without yellow or white spot proximal to each anther. | var. insulare |
2. Filament tubes with yellow or white spot proximal to each anther | → 3 |
3. Pollen sacs usually yellow. | var. gracile |
3. Pollen sacs usually dark purple. | var. patulum |
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