Poet's Shootingstar, Poet's Shooting Star, Narcissus Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum (Synonym: Primula poetica)

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The photo at left shows a clump of poet's shooting star as seen along a stream east of the Mt. Adams Highway on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams..........May 13, 2007. The image at center shows poet's shooting stars in bloom along a vernal creek at the South Breaks, Klickitat Wildlife Area.......April 16, 2024. The image at right shows a close view of the inflorescence of poet's shooting star as seen in a vernally moist drainage running uphill to the WSW from Dead Canyon, several miles or so west of the Klickitat River......May 9, 2025.

Two close-up views of a flower of poet's shooting star as seen along Road K1000 to the east of the Mt. Adams Highway on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams...........May 13, 2007. Note the numerous glands on the scape and pedicel.

The photo at left shows a close-up of a leaf of poet's shooting star as seen along a stream east of the Mt. Adams Highway on the southeastern slopes of Mt. Adams..........May 13, 2007. Note the small teeth along the upper margin of the blade, a characteristic of this species. The image at right shows a nice habitat view of a nice, dense drift of poet's shootingstars as seen in a vernally moist meadow at the South Breaks, Klickitat Wildlife Area......May 1, 2025.