Dodecatheon alpinumNarrow basal leaves (linear to linear-oblanceolate), gradually tapering to a winged petiole. Note the seedlings particularly at bottom right. The orbicular, crenate leaves belong to Saxifraga odontoloma (Brook saxifrage).8/7/2010 approx 9800 ft., Alta area, SL Co., UT
Dodecatheon alpinum. Flower closeup depicts the 4-merous flowers, and note the enlarged stigma at bottom right (about twice as large as the style) which is distinctive of this species (and as per Reveal, 2006).8/7/2010 approx 9800 ft., Alta area, Salt Lake County, UT
Dodecatheon alpinum growing here along a stream with Saxifraga odontoloma (Brook saxifrage) which has the wide reniform (kidney-shaped) to orbicular leaves that are crenate-dentate (and which has the unraveling stems in the center with the shootingstar stems, and is also the plant with the white flowers to the far left). . Species is disjunct in northern Utah and somewhat rare here although is not a "tracked" species and has some scattered populations in different parts of the state.8/7/2010 approx 9800 ft., Alta area, Salt Lake County, UT
Description: Alpine shootingstar (Dodecatheon alpinum), Primrose family (Primulaceae). Wet meadow along the road FR-110 to the Chepeta Lake, Uintah, Utah; elevation 3170 m (10,400 ft). Date: 27 June 2015, 13:12. Source: 2015.06.27_13.12.56_IMG_2805. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Description: Alpine shootingstar (Dodecatheon alpinum), Primrose family (Primulaceae). Wet meadow along the road FR-110 to the Chepeta Lake, Uintah, Utah; elevation 3170 m (10,400 ft). Date: 27 June 2015, 13:35. Source: 2015.06.27_13.35.33_IMG_2826. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Description: Alpine shootingstar (Dodecatheon alpinum), Primrose family (Primulaceae). Near the Lofty Lake, High Uinta, Utah. Date: 23 July 2016, 12:36. Source: 2016.07.23_12.36.42_IMG_7472. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Description: Alpine shootingstar (Dodecatheon alpinum), Primrose family (Primulaceae). Near the Lofty Lake, High Uinta, Utah. Date: 23 July 2016, 12:36. Source: 2016.07.23_12.36.14_IMG_7471. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Description: English: Alpine shooting star (Dodecatheon alpinum) growing in the Camp Lake alpine meadow in early July. Date: 4 July 2014, 21:44:20. Source: Own work. Author: Ebitz.
Description: Alpine shootingstar (Dodecatheon alpinum), Primrose family (Primulaceae). Near the Lofty Lake, High Uinta, Utah. Date: 23 July 2016, 12:37. Source: 2016.07.23_12.37.54_IMG_7474. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Description: Alpine shootingstar (Dodecatheon alpinum), Primrose family (Primulaceae). Near the Lofty Lake, High Uinta, Utah. Date: 23 July 2016, 12:36. Source: 2016.07.23_12.36.55_IMG_7473. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
Description: Alpine shootingstar (Dodecatheon alpinum), Primrose family (Primulaceae). Wet meadow along the road FR-110 to the Chepeta Lake, Uintah, Utah; elevation 3170 m (10,400 ft). Date: 27 June 2015, 13:35. Source: 2015.06.27_13.35.08_IMG_2825. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.
