Dark Throated Shooting Star

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Plant description

Dodecatheon pulchellum, commonly known as pretty shooting star, few-flowered shooting star, dark throat shooting star and prairie shooting star, is a perennial herb with single, leafless flower stems, growing from very short erect root stocks with no bulblets. It grows to a height of 5 to 40 centimeters. Its leaves are basal, 2-15 centimeter long, blades oblong-lance-shaped to oblance-shaped, mostly entire to somewhat small-toothed, narrowed gradually to winged stalks nearly as long.

Plant overview

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

2 - 16 in Tall

Landscaping information

Sun

Full Sun

Propagation

For propagating by seed: 1-3 mos. stratification.

Sunset Zones

1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Natural setting

Site type

Wet meadows

Plant communities

Sagebrush Scrub, Wetland-Riparian

Wildlife supported

Caterpillars

Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 2 likely

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Alternative names

Common names:

Dark-throated Shooting Star, Pretty Shooting Star, Few-flowered Shooting Star, Dark Throat Shooting Star And Prairie Shooting Star

Botanical names:

Dodecatheon pulchellum

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