Bonneville Shooting Star, Desert Shooting Star, Slimpod Shooting Star: Dodecatheon conjugens (conjugens var. conjugens, Dodecatheon conjugens ssp. viscidum, Dodecatheon conjugens var. conjugens, Dodecatheon conjugens var. viscidum) - Flowers pink, rose or purplish with 5 petals. Plants glabrous. Filament tubes (the filaments may all be free) short, up to 1 mm long and dark colored.
Cusick's Shooting Star, Sticky Shooting Star : Dodecatheon cusickii (Synonyms: Dodecatheon cusickii var. cusickii, Dodecatheon pauciflorum var. cusickii, Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. cusickii) - Flowers pink, rose or purplish with 5 petals. Plants noticeably covered with gland-tipped hairs. Filament tube 1.5-2 mm long, yellowish. Leaf margins mostly entire.
Dentate Shooting Star, White Shooting Star: Dodecatheon dentatum ssp. dentatum - Flowers white with 5 petals. Leaf blades ovate to oblong-lanceolate with rounded, cordate or truncated base and wavy to sharply toothed margins.
Broadleaf Shooting Star, Broad-leaved Shooting Star, Henderson's Shooting Star, Mosquito Bills: Dodecatheon hendersonii (Synonyms: Dodecatheon hansenii, Dodecatheon hendersonii ssp. cruciatum, Dodecatheon hendersonii ssp. parvifolium, Dodecatheon hendersonii var. hansenii, Dodecatheon hendersonii var. hendersonii, Primula hendersonii) - Flowers pink, rose or purplish with 5 petals. Leaves broadly ovate to deltoid. Inflorescence with gland-tipped hairs. Filament tube nearly black, half as long to nearly as long as the anthers.
Jeffrey's Shooting Star, Sierra Shooting Star, Tall Mountain Shooting Star: Dodecatheon jeffreyi (Synonyms: Dodecatheon jeffreyi ssp. jeffreyi, Dodecatheon jeffreyi var. jeffreyi, Dodecatheon jeffreyi var. redolens, Dodecatheon jeffreyi var. viviparum, Primula jeffreyi) - Flowers pink, rose or purplish, generally with 4 petals. Stigma strongly capitate (a small rounded ball at its tip). Inflorescence often with gland-tipped hairs.
Narcissus Shooting Star, Poet's Shootingstar, Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum (Synonym: Primula poetica) - Flowers pink, rose or purplish with 5 petals. Scapes and pedicels noticeably covered with gland-tipped hairs. Filament tube 1.5-2 mm long, purplish. Leaf margins with minute teeth.
Alaskan Shooting Star, Darkthroat Shootingstar: Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. macrocarpum (Synonym: Dodecatheon pauciflorum var. alaskanum, Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. alaskanum, Dodecatheon pulchellum var. alaskanum, Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. superbum) - Flowers pink, rose or purplish with 5 petals. Plants generally glabrous or with some minute hairs. Filament tube (at least in the Gorge) yellowish, over 1.5 mm long and about half the length of the anthers.
Dark-throated Shooting Star, Few-flowered Shooting Star, Yellowthroat Shooting Star: Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. pulchellum (Synonyms: Dodecatheon pauciflorum ssp. pauciflorum, Dodecatheon pauciflorum var. pauciflorum, Dodecatheon pauciflorum var. salinum, Dodecatheon pauciflorum var. watsonii, Dodecatheon pulchellum var. pulchellum, Dodecatheon pulchellum var. watsonii, Dodecatheon pulchellum var. zionense, Dodecatheon radicatum ssp. watsonii, Exinia pulchella) -