[Shooting Stars: The Genus Dodecatheon in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Alpine Shootingstar, Alpine Shooting Star

Dodecatheon alpinum

Synonyms: Dodecatheon alpinum ssp. alpinum, Dodecatheon alpinum ssp. majus

Flowers of Alpine Shootingstar, Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum (Synonyms: Dodecatheon alpinum ssp. alpinum, Dodecatheon alpinum ssp. majus) - Alpine Shootingstar, Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum (Synonyms: Dodecatheon alpinum ssp. alpinum, Dodecatheon alpinum ssp. majus) - Alpine Shootingstar, Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum (Synonyms: Dodecatheon alpinum ssp. alpinum, Dodecatheon alpinum ssp. majus)

Alpine shooting star as seen at left along the eastern shoreline of Maxwell Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness...........August 3, 2016. The photos at center and at right show alpine shooting stars blooming in a wet area along Forest Road 4011 several hundred yards below the trailhead for the Crane Mountain Trail, Fremont-Winema National Forest......June 30, 2019.

Habitat of Alpine Shootingstar, Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum (Synonyms: Dodecatheon alpinum ssp. alpinum, Dodecatheon alpinum ssp. majus) - Alpine Shootingstar, Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum (Synonyms: Dodecatheon alpinum ssp. alpinum, Dodecatheon alpinum ssp. majus)

Alpine shooting stars in bloom along the Deadman Canyon Trail #1869 near the east outlet to Sugarloaf Reservoir, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.......July 18, 2019.

Alpine Shootingstar, Alpine Shooting Star: Dodecatheon alpinum (Synonyms: Dodecatheon alpinum ssp. alpinum, Dodecatheon alpinum ssp. majus)

Alpine shooting stars in bloom along the Hanan Trail #142, Fremont-Winema National Forest......June 17, 2020.

Paul Slichter