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Pretty Shooting Star

Primula pauciflora

Photo by Machi
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Field Notes

Description:

Beautifully patterned ring around the center.

Habitat:

Densely vegetated cliff overlooking a beach

Reference Links:

Dodecatheon pulchellum

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Green Nature
That's a nice picture of a shooting star. I think it's Dodecatheon frigidum, (Western arctic shootingstar Getting a picture of the pattern on the underside of the flower especially helps with ID. http://greennature.com/article461.html

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Flowers of North America
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Alaska Fauna and Flora
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Great Alaskan Challenge

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PublishedJune 28, 2016

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