[Shootingstars: The Genus Dodecatheon in Mt. Adams Country]

Poet's Shootingstar, Poet's Shooting Star, Narcissus Shooting Star

Dodecatheon poeticum

Synonym: Primula poetica

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

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 right shows poet's shooting stars in bloom along a vernal creek at the South Breaks, Klickitat Wildlife Area.......April 16, 2024.

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

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.

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The photo above 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.

Paul Slichter