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Dodecatheon poeticum
Also called Poet's shootingstar
Primula poetica, synonym Dodecatheon poeticum, is commonly known as the poet's shooting star or the narcissus shooting star. P. poetica is a species of the genus Primula placed in section Dodecatheon. It is native to the states of Oregon and Washington in western North America. The section contains herbaceous flowering plants and is also a part of the primrose family Primulaceae. This plant has basal clumps of leaves and drooping flowers that occur at the apex of tall stems that rise from where the leaves join.
Primula poetica blooms in a perennial manner. Meaning, as opposed to annual flowers which complete their lifecycle in just one growing season, perennial flowers grow for three or more years at a time.
P. poetica first emerges in the springtime as a small, unassuming basal clump of oval, soft green leaves. After this growth a slender flower stalk rises from a few inches to over a foot above the foliage. This flower generally blooms from March to April, however in the region of the Columbia River Gorge the season can vary by as much as a month or more.
Primula poetica is mainly found in the Northwestern region of the United States mainly in the arid transition zone in Washington and Oregon.
Primula tetrandra · Primula clevelandii · Primula latiloba · Primula frigida · Primula hendersonii · Primula meadia · Primula fragrans · Tundra Shootingstar · Bonneville Shootingstar · French's Shootingstar · Sierrra shootingstar · Dark Throat Shootingstar
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Primula poetica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
