Dodecatheon clevelandii
Dodecatheon redolens
padre's shootingstar
scented shootingstar
not obvious at anthesis;
roots tannish;
bulblets absent.
not obvious at anthesis or horizontal, short, thick;
roots tan to dark reddish brown;
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.
20–50(–60) × 2.5–6 cm;
petiole usually winged;
blade oblanceolate, base decurrent onto stem, gradually tapering to petiole, margins entire, surfaces minutely glandular-pubescent.
(1–)5–18-flowered;
bracts usually narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, rarely oblanceolate, 3–22 mm, usually glandular, sometimes glabrous.
5–15-flowered;
bracts lanceolate to broadly lanceolate, 5–17 mm, glandular-pubescent.
2–5 cm, sparsely to moderately glandular-puberulent.
2–9 cm, glandular-pubescent.
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.
calyx light green, 10–18 mm, glandular-pubescent, tube 3–10 mm, lobes 5, 5–12 mm;
corolla tube yellow with maroon, thick, often wavy ring, ring rarely absent, lobes 5, magenta to lavender, 14–30(–35) mm;
filaments distinct, dark maroon to black, 0.2–0.8 mm (usually concealed by corolla tube);
anthers 7–11 mm, (apex acute);
pollen sacs maroon, connective dark maroon to dark purple, transversely rugose;
stigma enlarged, diam. usually 2+ times style.
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.
light brown, often reddish brown apically, valvate, ovoid, 8–17 × 5–9 mm, glandular-puberulent or glabrous except for glandular-puberulent teeth;
walls thin, pliable.
without membrane along edges.
with thin membrane along edges.
= 44, 66, 88.
Dodecatheon clevelandii
Dodecatheon redolens
Varieties 4 (4 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Dodecatheon redolens occurs mainly in the high mountains of the southern Sierra Nevada, with scattered populations in the San Bernardino, San Gabriel, and San Jacinto mountains of southern California. Elsewhere in California, it occurs on scattered desert ranges in the northern Mojave Desert. In the Intermountain West, it is found occasionally in Inyo and Mono counties on the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevada, the White Mountains, and on or near Glass Mountain. It is found across central Nevada to the Independence and Ruby mountains of Elko County, and the Deep Creek Range of west-central Utah.
Although difficult to see, a fairly good feature of Dodecatheon redolens is that the corolla tube usually covers the filaments and proximal end of the anthers. In both D. jeffreyi and D. alpinum, the corolla tube does not cover the base of the anthers. In addition, the tips of the anthers in the latter two species are truncate to obtuse; in D. redolens they are acute.
(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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