Jeffrey's Shootingstar, Jeffrey's Shooting Star, Tall Mountain Shootingstar, Tall Mountain Shooting Star
Dodecatheon jeffreyi
Synonyms: Dodecatheon jeffreyi ssp. pygmaeum, Dodecatheon jeffreyi var. viviparum, Primula jeffreyi
The photo above shows the attractive, pendant
blossoms of alpine shootingstar as seen at Bird Creek Meadows on the eastern
side of Mt. Adams.........July 16, 2006. The snow has melted from
this location within the past week.
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Tall mountain shooting star observed at left in bloom along a stream on the Shorthorn Trail #12, Mt. Adams Wilderness.......July 10, 2020. Tall mountain shooting stars as seen at right on the moist banks of Killen Creek near its headwaters on the north side of Mt. Adams........August 29, 2012.
The photo above shows a close-up of the flower
of Jeffrey's shooting star as seen in a moist seep at about 4300' abreast the
ridge between the Dry Creek and Cougar Creek drainages on the southeast side
of Mt. Adams.........May 22, 2005.
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Two close-up photos of the flower of
Jeffrey's shooting star as seen in a moist seep at about 4300' abreast the
ridge between the Dry Creek and Cougar Creek drainages on the southeast side
of Mt. Adams.........May 29, 2005.
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Tall mountain shooting star as observed in wet meadows above Killen Creek Meadows, Mt. Adams Wilderness.......August 28, 2020.
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Close-ups of the flower of tall mountain shooting star as seen in moist meadows along the Climbers Trail in Bird Creek Meadows, about one-half mile east of the Hellroaring Overlook............August 14, 2012. Note the capitate (expanded) stigma, 4 petals and glabrous peduncle.
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Tall mountain shooting star as observed in wet meadows above Killen Creek Meadows, Mt. Adams Wilderness.......August4, 2022.
Paul Slichter