Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Alpine Shootingstar

Dodecatheon alpinum - Locally common, midsummer, perennial, 4-20 in. Basal upright leaves, stem erect. Plant hairless. Leaves 4 or more, linear to lance shaped, 8 in. or less in length. Stem leafless, shiny, topped with 1-10 downward-turned flowers. Flower with 4 of each part; petals magenta, outer part changing to white with deep magenta or black band at wrinkled base; stamens black. Grows in boggy meadows, along streams in high mountains. Flowers of different species of shooting star sometimes have 4 parts, sometimes 5; sometimes both.