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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
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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
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Dodecatheon alpinum. Inflorescence 1-10 flowered.8/7/2010 approx 9800 ft., Alta area, SL Co., UT
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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
